Summit Register

Lake District fell · Westmorland and Furness, England

Gowbarrow Fell (Wainwright summit)

481.2 m

1,579 ftDrop 9 mNY 407 218

Finder: 94 Wainwrights in Westmorland and Furness

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmGowbarrow Fell (Wainwright summit)481.2Little Mell Fell505.1Hallin Fell388Great Mell Fell536.6Place Fell657
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmGowbarrow Fell (Wainwright summit)481.2Little Mell Fell505.1Hallin Fell388
Looking north, 149 km wide, heights ×46 (method).

Gowbarrow Fell (Wainwright summit) is a Lake District fell of 481.2 m in Westmorland and Furness. It barely stands apart: the summit is only 9 m above the col joining it to higher ground.

The key col is close by, only 0.1 km to the south-west at 472 m. Its nearest higher summit, Little Mell Fell, is also the hill its key col leads to. The summit is marked by a trig point.

To scale

Summit481.2 mKey col472 msea level
Key col NY 406 217, 0.1 km south-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

481.2 m209th highest of 242 in England

Drop

9 m1126th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

2.7 km625th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Little Mell Fell2.7 km north-east
    505.1 m
  2. 2
    Hallin Fell3.2 km south-east
    388 m
  3. 3
    Great Mell Fell3.7 km north
    536.6 m
  4. 4
    Place Fell4.9 km south
    657 m
1234Little Mell FellHallin FellGreat Mell FellPlace FellN2 km

Lists

Record

Nearest higher
Little Mell Fell, 505.1 m, 2.7 km north-east
Parent Marilyn
Little Mell Fell
Region
34C: Lake District E
OS map
90
Summit
Trig point
DoBIH no.
2610
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Gowbarrow Fell (Wainwright summit)

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