Loch Chon facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Loch Chon
View of Loch Chon looking over the north end of the loch towards the country house of Frenich and Loch Ard Forest.
Loch Chon Location in Stirling
Location	Perthshire, Scotland
Coordinates	56°12′52″N 4°32′53″W / 56.2145°N 4.548°W / 56.2145; -4.548
Type	freshwater loch
Primary inflows	various streams
Primary outflows	Water of Chon – Loch Ard – River Forth – Firth of Forth
Max. length	2.57 km (1.60 mi)
Max. width	0.38 km (0.24 mi)
Surface area	105.7 ha (261 acres)
Average depth	8.8 m (29 ft)
Max. depth	23 m (75 ft)
Shore length1	7.2 km (4.5 mi)
Surface elevation	92 m (302 ft)
Islands	Heron Island
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Loch Chon is one of two freshwater lochs in Perthshire bearing this name. The other loch is located at Blair Atholl. Loch Chon lies upstream to Loch Ard and to the south of Loch Katrine, situated west of the village of Aberfoyle.

It releases its water into the 4.5-kilometre (2.8 mi) long Water of Chon, which not far from the outlet passes Loch Dhu, and is the main affluent of Loch Ard. Loch Chon itself is fed by several small streams which can be considered to be the true sources of the River Forth.

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  Bathymetrical survey of Loch Chon