Scotland
Creag Liath
450M
1476FT
About Creag Liath
Rising above the Spey Valley near Grantown-on-Spey, this modest 450m height offers a quiet, heathery retreat from the busier Cairngorm trails. A typical Grampian Hump, its summit provides an excellent vantage point for surveying the Abernethy Forest and the massive northern bulk of the high Cairngorm plateau.
Key Statistics
Rank
442nd Highest in Region
Parent Range
The Grampians
Prominence
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115m
Nearest Town
Grantown-on-Spey
Geology
You are walking across ancient, compressed layers of sand and mud, alongside tough, crystalline granite that forms the sturdy foundation of this fell.
Nearby Fells
Find It
OS Grid Reference
NJ006312
Latitude
57.3604°N
Longitude
3.6540°W
Did You Know?
- •The name is Gaelic for 'Grey Crag', a common descriptive title in the Highlands for hills where granite or schist outcrops break through the heather.
- •From this vantage point, the scale of the Abernethy Forest is fully revealed, stretching out toward the high, often snow-dusted northern corries of Cairn Gorm.
- •In a region dominated by the high Cairngorms, this 450-metre summit is frequently ignored by everyone except the local grouse and the most meticulous of list-checkers.