Scotland
Whiteside Hill
442M
1450FT
About Whiteside Hill
Rising above the Nith Valley in the Southern Uplands, this rounded Hump offers a quiet escape into the grassy moorlands. The ascent is typical of the region—often soft underfoot but rewarding with clear perspectives over the Lowther Hills and the sprawling Crawick Multiverse land art project nearby.
Key Statistics
Rank
502nd Highest in Region
Parent Range
Southern Uplands
Prominence
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103m
Nearest Town
Tweedsmuir
Geology
You are trekking over the Mindork Formation, where ancient layers of sand and mud have been squeezed and hardened into durable rock.
Find It
OS Grid Reference
NT080220
Latitude
55.4836°N
Longitude
3.4560°W
Did You Know?
- •The name is likely descriptive of the vegetation; 'white' in Scots hill naming often denotes slopes covered in Nardus stricta (mat-grass), which turns a bleached straw colour in winter, distinguishing it from darker heather-covered summits.
- •The hill overlooks the Crawick Multiverse, a striking 55-acre land art project and 'cosmological landscape' designed by Charles Jencks on the site of a former open-cast coal mine.
- •The summit offers a clear sightline to the distinctive 'golf ball' radar station atop Lowther Hill to the east, as well as the deep, winding cut of the Mennock Pass.
- •Its status as a Hump—a hill with a prominence of at least 100 metres—marks it as one of the more significant summits in this immediate cluster of the Southern Uplands.