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Lownie Moor

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.8488,Lat: 56.6256
Elevation	122 meter above sea level
Local time	12:39:50pm
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Council Area (Council Area)	Angus
Name Electoral Ward	Forfar and District

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kingsmuir	0.9 km	North
2 Caldhame	1.1 km	WestSouthWest
3 Lour	2.4 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Craichie	2.6 km	SouthEast
5 Burnside	2.8 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	126 km	SouthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	294 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	298 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 16 km (direction South). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Backwater Reservoir (1.5 km² at a distance of 24.5 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 103.7 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 145 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 98%, hill: 2%, The hills are mainly northern orientated.The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 82 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dundee Airport (at a distance of 22 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.2 km2

6.6%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

66.6 km2

84.9%

Urban area

4.8 km2

6.1%

Water - Lakes

0.9 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lownie Moor in country Scotland

Lownie Moor at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	77 km	SouthWest
2 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	79 km	SouthSouthWest
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	122 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Forfar

Type of weather in Forfar	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.13 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 17 August 2026:	15 hour and 4 minutes
Sunrise :	06:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:47 Europe/Amsterdam