Green Lowther

Green Lowther is a hill in the Lowther Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is the highest point of the Lowther Hills and lies in Lanarkshire, east of the town of Sanquhar.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lowther Hill and Dun Law.

Lowther Hill

Peak

Lowther Hill is a hill in the Lowther Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. Although the hill lends its name to the range, it is the second highest point of the Lowther Hills and lies on the border between Lanarkshire and Dumfries and Galloway, east of the town of Sanquhar, however the true summit lies just within Lanarkshire.

Dun Law

Peak

Photo: Iangpark, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dun Law is a hill in the Lowther Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is the next Donald after Green Lowther, the highest point of the ridge, when walking northeast and is usually ascended from this direction.

Leadhills railway station

Railway station

Photo: AHEMSLTD, CC BY 2.5.

Leadhills railway station was opened on 1 October 1901 as the intermediate stop on the Leadhills and Wanlockhead Light Railway and served the lead mining area, farms and the village of Leadhills circa 5.5 miles WSW of Elvanfoot railway station in South Lanarkshire until 2 January 1939 for passengers and freight.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wanlockhead and Leadhills.

Wanlockhead

Village

Photo: Clydiee, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wanlockhead is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, nestling in the Lowther Hills and 1 mile south of Leadhills at the head of the Mennock Pass, which forms part of the Southern Uplands.

Leadhills

Village

Photo: Alan O’Dowd, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Leadhills, originally settled for the accommodation of miners, is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, 5+3⁄4 miles WSW of Elvanfoot. The population in 1901 was 835.

Elvanfoot

Village

Photo: Darrin Antrobus, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Elvanfoot is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Elvanfoot is located at the confluence of the River Clyde and Elvan Water. The Clyde is crossed by a pedestrian suspension bridge that has been closed since 2007 for want of repair.

Green Lowther

Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,402 feet
Description: 732m-high hill in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Categories: hill and landform
Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.38987° or 55° 23′ 24″ north

Longitude

-3.73754° or 3° 44′ 15″ west

Elevation

2,402 feet (732 metres)

Open location code

9C7R97Q6+WX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1345948404

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=survey_point

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

2647950

Wikidata ID

Q24641276

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Green Lowther” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Green Lowther”
Dutch: “Green Lowther”
Swedish: “Green Lowther”

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