Castle Crag is a Lake District fell of 290 m in Cumberland. It is the lowest of all 214 Wainwrights.
All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to High Spy at 653.1 m. It sits below High Spy, only 1.5 km to the west and 363.1 m higher. Its key col leads to Dale Head, not to its nearest higher summit, Low Scawdel. It is the lowest of the 242 hills profiled in England. It is the lowest of the 101 register hills in the Lake District C&W region, where Scafell Pike is highest. Its nearest higher summit, Low Scawdel (521 m, 0.7 km west), is a listed top not profiled here. The key col is close by, only 0.4 km to the south-west at 214 m. It is 345.3 m below the average height of the 114 register hills in Cumberland. The database describes the top as a large shelter cairn on rock.
