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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.0313,Lat: 55.1496
Elevation	305 meter above sea level
Local time	3:10:39am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Dumfries and Galloway
Name	Castle Douglas and Glenkens

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Castlefairn	3.2 km	EastNorthEast
2 Corriedoo	3.9 km	SouthWest
3 Blackcraig	5.2 km	South
4 Lochurr	5.8 km	EastSouthEast
5 Craigdarroch	6.1 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	74 km	North
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	114 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	136 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 30 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Solway Tweed. The nearest bigger lake is Loch Ken (8 km² at a distance of 12 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 63.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 89 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 9%, hill: 91%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 84 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Glasgow Prestwick Airport (at a distance of 53 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

28 km2

35.6%

Nature

40 km2

50.9%

Wet nature

2.6 km2

3.4%

Agriculture

7.7 km2

9.7%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Holmhead in country Scotland

Holmhead at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	59 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Frontiers of the Roman Empire	Germany,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	93 km	EastSouthEast
3 The English Lake District	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	97 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Balmaclellan

Type of weather in Balmaclellan	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.18 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	06:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:53 Europe/Amsterdam