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Upper Bighouse

Upper Bighouse

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.9104,Lat: 58.4862
Elevation	63 meter above sea level
Local time	8:42:33am
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Highland
Name	North, West and Central Sutherland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Craigtown	0.7 km	SouthEast
2 Achiemore	1.1 km	NorthEast
3 Dalhalvaig	2.3 km	South
4 Croick	3.2 km	South
5 Trantlemore	3.7 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	300 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	423 km	North
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	452 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 8 km (direction NorthNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Druim a' Chliabhain (1.5 km² at a distance of 16.4 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 318.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 446 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 98%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is 0.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 285 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 48 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.2 km2

1.6%

Nature

20.7 km2

26.3%

Wet nature

51.6 km2

65.8%

Agriculture

4.4 km2

5.6%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Upper Bighouse in country Scotland

Upper Bighouse 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	71 km	NorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	279 km	South
3 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	285 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Thurso

Type of weather in Thurso	moderate rain
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.48 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	980 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 12 March 2026:	11 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	07:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:10 Europe/Amsterdam