Hotels at Moss of Tain booking.com

Moss of Tain

Booking.com

Moss of Tain

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.3305,Lat: 58.5758
Elevation	10 meter above sea level
Local time	0:25:03am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Landward Caithness

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tain	0.9 km	WestNorthWest
2 Greenland	2 km	EastNorthEast
3 Bowermadden	2.7 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Bower	3.3 km	South
5 Reaster	3.4 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	315 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	427 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	473 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction NorthNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Watten (3.7 km² at a distance of 8.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 317.7 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 445 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 98%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 293 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 19 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.4 km2

1.8%

Nature

11.5 km2

15.4%

Wet nature

9 km2

12%

Agriculture

45.3 km2

60.4%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.7%

Rock-Sand

6.5 km2

8.7%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Moss of Tain in country Scotland

Moss of Tain at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	48 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	287 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	293 km	South

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Moss of Tain
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Moss of Tain
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Thurso

Type of weather in Thurso	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	15 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	06:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:01 Europe/Amsterdam