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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: -3.8168,Lat: 55.2313
Elevation	79 meter above sea level
Local time	15:06:24pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Dumfries and Galloway
Name	Mid and Upper Nithsdale

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Burnhead	1.8 km	EastNorthEast
2 Keir Mill	2 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Clonrae	2.7 km	West
4 Thornhill	3.4 km	East
5 Carronbridge	4.1 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	69 km	North
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	127 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	153 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 26 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Solway Tweed. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Daer Reservoir (2.2 km² at a distance of 16.8 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 52.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 74 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 77%, hill: 23%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Western Southern Uplands

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 81 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Glasgow Prestwick Airport (at a distance of 57 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.8 km2

13.8%

Nature

16.7 km2

21.3%

Agriculture

49.4 km2

62.9%

Urban area

0.7 km2

0.8%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Penpont in country Scotland

Penpont 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	48 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Frontiers of the Roman Empire	Germany,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	82 km	EastSouthEast
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	89 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Thornhill

Type of weather in Thornhill	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.5 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	15 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	06:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:56 Europe/Amsterdam