Carn Dearg
941 m in Highland and Perth and Kinross. The nearest trig pillar stands on Ben Alder, 9.7 km away.
- Height
- 941 m
- Drop
- 221 m
- Position
- 56.75992, -4.58989
- DoBIH number
- 363
The hill
249th of 2,342 by height.
941 m, with 221 m of drop — 819th most prominent of the 2,342 hills on a list here. It is tall but not especially prominent: a high point on a bigger ridge rather than a hill standing alone. Classed as Marilyn, HuMP, Simm and Munro.
On the ground
In the log book · page 123
The page for your Carn Dearg day is already printed.

Its contours, height and rank, the three nearest Munros with their bearings, and the lines to fill in: the date, who was with you, the route, the weather, how it felt on top. One page for each of the 282, in a book that stays on the shelf long after the round is done.
A5 paperback · 282 hill pages · A gift for anyone with a round on the go
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Summit pillar
No pillar on this summit.
The nearest stands on Ben Alder, station PP335, 9.7 km away.
Ben AlderAlso on