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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.9219,Lat: 54.9079
Elevation	78 meter above sea level
Local time	2:26:15am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Dumfries and Galloway
Name	Dee

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Airieland	2 km	SouthWest
2 Rhonehouse or Kelton Hill	2.8 km	WestNorthWest
3 Bridge of Dee	3.7 km	WestNorthWest
4 Castle Douglas	3.9 km	North
5 Palnackie	5.5 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	91 km	SouthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	102 km	North
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	133 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 6 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Solway Tweed. The nearest bigger lake is Loch Ken (8 km² at a distance of 3.4 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 56 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 78 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 93%, hill: 7%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Stewartry

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 112 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12 km2

15.3%

Nature

8.4 km2

10.8%

Agriculture

55 km2

70.2%

Urban area

1.2 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gelston in country Scotland

Gelston 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	72 km	SouthEast
2 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	85 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Frontiers of the Roman Empire	Germany,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	85 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Gelston
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Castle Douglas

Type of weather in Castle Douglas	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.08 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	16 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	06:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:19 Europe/Amsterdam