Cross Fell is a Hewitt of 893.1 m in Westmorland and Furness. It is the highest of the 103 register hills recorded in Westmorland and Furness; the next is Nethermost Pike at 891.3 m, 1.8 m lower.
Nothing higher stands within 39.4 km; the nearest higher summit is Helvellyn (949.8 m), to the south-west. Only seven of the register's England hills are higher. In the database's North Pennines region it is the highest of 11 register hills, above Mickle Fell and nine others. The key col lies 28.7 km away to the south, at 243.3 m. Its closest neighbour in this register, Burnhope Seat, is 10.2 km away. Its drop of 649.9 m is 73% of its height: the col linking it to higher ground is only 243.3 m above sea level. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Mickle Fell, reaches 790.2 m. It is 242.1 m above the average height of the 103 register hills in Westmorland and Furness. The summit is marked by a trig point.
