Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Dale Head

754 m

2,474 ftDrop 397.7 mNY 222 153

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmDale Head754Hindscarth727High Spy653.1Fleetwith Pike648.9Robinson737.6
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmDale Head754Hindscarth727High Spy653.1
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×24 (method).

Dale Head is a Lake District fell of 754 m in Cumberland. Its drop is the 8th greatest among the Wainwrights, behind Scafell Pike at the top.

It counts towards four lists: Wainwrights, Hewitts, Nuttalls and Marilyns. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Robinson, reaches 737.6 m. It is one of the 39 Wainwrights that are also Marilyns. The database describes the top as a no feature 18m w of large cairn. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 89 and 90.

To scale

Summit754 mKey col356.3 mdrop 397.7 msea level
Key col NY 2245 1355, 1.8 km south of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

754 m67th highest of 242 in England

Drop

397.7 m292nd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

4.7 km359th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Hindscarth1.4 km north-west
    727 m
  2. 2
    High Spy1.4 km north-east
    653.1 m
  3. 3
    Fleetwith Pike2.1 km south-west
    648.9 m
  4. 4
    Robinson2.6 km north-west
    737.6 m
1234HindscarthHigh SpyFleetwith PikeRobinsonN1 km

Lists

  • 63rd highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 107th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 84th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here
  • 504th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Green Gable, 799.9 m, 4.7 km south
Region
34B: Lake District C&W
OS map
89, 90
Summit
No feature 18m W of large cairn
DoBIH no.
2400
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Dale Head

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). What prominence (drop) means, with real figures