Loch Dubh (Loch Ard Forest) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Loch Dubh
Loch Dubh Location in Stirling
Location	Loch Ard Forest, Scotland
Coordinates	56°11′37″N 4°34′17″W / 56.19372°N 4.57125°W / 56.19372; -4.57125
Type	lochan
Etymology	"Black Loch"
Primary inflows	Duchray Water
Primary outflows	Duchray Water
Basin countries	United Kingdom
Max. length	402 metres (1,319 ft)
Max. width	267.15 metres (876.5 ft)
Surface area	4.8 ha (12 acres)
Average depth	21 ft (6.4 m)
Max. depth	41 ft (12 m)
Shore length1	1.1 km (0.68 mi)
Surface elevation	141 m (463 ft)
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Loch Dubh ("Black Loch") is a lochan on the Duchray Water in the western part of Loch Ard Forest in the Central Highlands of Scotland.

Location

Loch Dubh nestles in a wooded valley called Gleann Dubh at a height of about 140 metres above sea level. It is 4 kilometres east of Scotland's most popular Munro, Ben Lomond (974 m), one kilometre south of Beinn Dubh (508 m), 1½ kilometres northeast of Beinn Bahn (569 m) and five kilometres west northwest of Kinlochard near the head of Loch Ard.