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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.5183,Lat: 54.7637
Elevation	52 meter above sea level
Local time	0:39:21am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Dumfries and Galloway
Name	Mid Galloway

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Monreith Mains	1.7 km	West
2 Drumtroddan	2.3 km	NorthWest
3 Airyhassen	2.9 km	North
4 Monreith	3.5 km	SouthWest
5 Port William	4 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	67 km	South
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	93 km	West
3 Glasgow	Scotland	117 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Solway Tweed. The nearest bigger lake is Loch Grannoch (1 km² at a distance of 29.4 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 96.9 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 136 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 99%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Belfast International Airport (at a distance of 110 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Isle of Man Airport (at a distance of 76 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7.2 km2

9.7%

Nature

1.3 km2

1.8%

Wet nature

2.3 km2

3.2%

Agriculture

63.2 km2

85.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Big Balcraig in country Scotland

Big Balcraig at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The English Lake District	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	98 km	EastSouthEast
2 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	111 km	NorthEast
3 Frontiers of the Roman Empire	Germany,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	125 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Newton Stewart

Type of weather in Newton Stewart	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	16 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	06:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:21 Europe/Amsterdam