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Name: | Knockan |
Hill number: | 1509 |
Height: | 372m / 1220ft |
RHB Section: | 21A: Tomintoul to Banff |
County/UA: | Moray |
Catchment: | Deveron, Catchment Boundaries, Spey |
Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Tump (300-399m), Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,3,Y) |
Grid ref: | NJ 35101 46471 |
Summit feature: | cairn |
Drop: | 179m |
Col: | 193m NJ335475 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 28 (1:25k) 424S |
Survey: | Abney level |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 197 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Parked by entrance to windfarm (NJ366468), up windfarm roads following signs to T7, then across boggy heather to summit from road highpoint, return same route (0h50m) | kdbennett | 29/01/2024 |
From east on wind turbine track. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 27/10/2023 |
From East on wind turbine track. | cjo | 29/09/2023 |
Emtb up wind farm track gets within 200m of top | PeteF | 24/06/2023 |
Up the wind farm track from the road and short terror scruffs the heather from access road to turbine no. 7...thank you wind farm tracks | vegibagger | 23/06/2023 |
Parked at junction of road and wind farm tracks. Followed tracks to T7 track, then SW to summit. With Lisa and Daniel. | CJM | 22/01/2023 |
Drove round after Ben Aigan and walked up the track for the wind farms from the col of the minor road to the East. Very straightforward walk, 45 minutes. OK. | nickywood1 | 11/09/2022 |
used windfarm road | BLACKHILL | 29/09/2021 |
From the wind farm entrance on a Saturday evening.Quite possible to drive to within a hundred metres of the summit | ARM | 25/09/2021 |
With Graeme and Alex | Missphoton | 25/09/2021 |
Easy stroll up the track from the bealach. | sclater | 04/03/2021 |
Parked in an old picnic spot at Sheanspark, to the SE. Made a nice round of it clockwise following the wind farm tracks eventually coming out at the in - if you see what I mean. Then walked back along the road to the car. There’s only a short walk over the heather to the small summit cairn. With CJ. | BigJ | 25/10/2020 |
Take a bike - an eBike seems appropriate! | summitter | 02/09/2020 |
From Mansefield on tracks via Balnellan. | Winterfloodian | 16/08/2020 |
Knockan and Hill of Towie on mountain bikes. Start at 366 499 and finish at 372498 (parking). | sarahk | 28/06/2020 |
Solo trip | Invicta14 | 18/02/2020 |
Track from road to east. Pleasant. | Play2End | 03/09/2019 |
Parked in passing place S of gates to wind farm then walked up road to top. Returned by same route. | 187lenny | 09/06/2019 |
Used windfarm road up to where it is crossed by another track. took left hand road to first branch off to a turbine then across rough heather to small cairn | Buteobuteo | 25/05/2019 |
From NJ365463 - large boulders have been placed to deter parking at wind farm access gates, plus 'no unauthorised access' signage. W up access track to T junction, L, then first R to T7, then 100m across moorland. | Isbjorn | 22/05/2019 |
On way back from Geal Charn. | gettingonabit | 10/02/2019 |
Dry and grey walk up the wind farm track to bag Knockan then across the minor road to bag Hill of Towie, a P52 Tump and trig. | Dugswell2 | 11/06/2018 |
Heritage railway Dufftown to Drummuir then walk up roads and wind farm track to top near pylon 7. Wet and low cloud which matched the mood created by the wind farm although saw roe deer on way from station. Reversed route back after also doing Hill of Townie. | trimarc2 | 13/05/2018 |
Parked in long passing place S of gates, then E on wind farm road. | ger | 19/04/2018 |
2nd quickie dawn run. As others from the wind farm service road. Gate open but not chancing it given the number of service vehicles visiting the turbines. Misty and light drizzle, pity about the view could have saved this from being a dull track walk. | N.Morters | 13/04/2018 |
Gates locked, so had to walk! 2nd of 7 today, on a lovely sunny day: Ben Aidan, Knockan, Meikle Balloch, Knock Hill, Fourman Hill, Hill of Tillymorgan, Hill of Foudland. | PGCE | 20/02/2018 |
Used the wind farm access road as per previous mentions. 
Great views. With Sian and Ben. | Peterb | 17/02/2018 |
An icy drive up the road to the windfarm track, but easy enough. The walk up the track is also very easy, despite a lot of ice. Head up to the ridge, turn left and take the right fork to Turbine 7. Previous walkers had been kind enough to break trail to the summit cairn, so I had no need to get my compass out in the mist. The mist kindly hid the turbines too, so it was a nicer walk than others imply. Mist cleared on the way down, giving good views if you ignore the turbines. | Gill | 31/12/2017 |
tick | chazzyboy19 | 18/12/2017 |
From the W, having parked just up the track to Balnellan (around NJ322463), following a track then path right up to the wind farm road. Route and write-up at: http://gayleybird.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/ben-aigan-and-knockan.html | Gayle | 02/03/2017 |
1 of 4: From wind farm entrance at 367467 | ChrisR | 21/02/2017 |
Weather fair. | MountainMac | 17/11/2016 |
Good walk past the impressive wind turbines. Thank God for the foresight of the SNP. Beats Chinese/French radiation any day! 
Path can be picked up to Drummuir and then back on the Hillhead of Towie signposted route. Lots of gorse and thistle across the path. Made it fun though. | Motivation1 | 16/09/2016 |
Parked on east side of road behind large rock bollards at NJ366468. Ascended to summit via wind farm access tracks. Returned via same route. Boring - wish I had brought the bike to make it quicker! | raffemeister | 20/04/2016 |
From wind turbine access road. | jenx | 17/01/2016 |
Dull as it gets. Up another wind turbine road sponsored by the SNP eco vandals. | nordicstar | 17/01/2016 |
Solop | HFB | 31/12/2015 |
from high point on minor road to the east. | robertphillips | 18/05/2015 |
MC | Martin66 | 11/12/2014 |
Under moonlight, following the locked gate incident on Ben Aigan there was no daylight left by the time I reached the windfarm entrance. Used a head torch and GPS to home in on the summit. | Topographer57 | 04/12/2014 |
Parked at cattle grid near site entrance. Visibility limited, little of interest. | neimcv | 04/09/2014 |
Up windfarm road from the east | AndrewFinnimore | 05/08/2014 |
From the windfarm road junction at 365465 where you can park. Then follow the industrial estate road to turbine ?107 where you will find the small cairn. The future of hillwalking. I was inspected by a couple of 4wd drivers. | Thearlaichdubh | 06/05/2014 |
Vista ruined with SNP turbines. | bolton | 14/02/2013 |
It ain't mountaineering. it is depressing despite the brilliant weather. | Martin R | 02/12/2012 |
With ES, IS. Lots of wind turbines! | amswanston | 19/05/2012 |
With AS. Part carried. With ES, IS. Lots of wind turbines! | eks | 19/05/2012 |
With AS. Part Carried. With ES, IS. Lots of wind turbines! | iks | 19/05/2012 |
Wind turbines galore, did it for the tick and to play amateur radio. Parked at NJ333472 at junction of farm access track. There is another route from the east which looks easier. | sotabagger | 27/03/2012 |
Best way is to approach from the north, over mount pleasant. As the hill is now covered with loads of windmills you are kinda not seeing it until you get out of the forestry. Not an improvement those windmills | tallblond | 21/11/2010 |