Beattock Summit
Beattock Summit is the highest point of the West Coast Main Line railway and of the A74 motorway as they cross between Dumfries and Galloway and South Lanarkshire in south west Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elvanfoot and Crawford.
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. Elvanfoot is situated 3 miles west of Beattock Summit.
Crawford
Village
Photo: Terrorford, Public domain.
Crawford is a village and civil parish in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Crawford is close to the source of the River Clyde and the A74 motorway, 50 miles southeast of Glasgow and 53 miles northwest of Carlisle. Crawford is situated 4 miles northwest of Beattock Summit.
Devil’s Beef Tub
Locality
Photo: Kevin Rae, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Devil's Beef Tub is a deep, dramatic hollow in the hills north of the Scottish town of Moffat. The 150-metre-deep hollow is formed by four hills, Great Hill, Peat Knowe, Annanhead Hill and Ericstane Hill. Devil’s Beef Tub is situated 4½ miles east of Beattock Summit.
Beattock Summit
- Type: Locality
- Description: railway station in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
- Categories: railway station and route summit
- Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.42263° or 55° 25′ 22″ northLongitude
-3.58973° or 3° 35′ 23″ westElevation
1,033 feet (315 metres)Open location code
9C7RCCF6+34OpenStreetMap ID
node 247653451OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Beattock Summit” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Beattock Summit”
- French: “Beattock Summit”
- Japanese: “ビートック峠”
- Swedish: “Beattock Summit”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Beattock Summit”. Photo: RuthAS, CC BY 3.0.