Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Grasmoor

851.6 m

2,794 ftDrop 518.2 mNY 174 203

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmGrasmoor851.6Wandope773.9Whiteless Pike660Whiteside707Crag Hill839.2
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmGrasmoor851.6Wandope773.9Whiteless Pike660
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×24 (method).

Grasmoor is a Lake District fell of 851.6 m in Cumberland. Among the Wainwrights, only Scafell Pike, Helvellyn and Skiddaw have more drop.

It counts towards four lists: Wainwrights, Hewitts, Nuttalls and Marilyns. Of the Wainwrights, only Scafell Pike, Skiddaw and Helvellyn stand further from higher ground. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Crag Hill, reaches 839.2 m. It is one of the 39 Wainwrights that are also Marilyns. It is 216.3 m above the average height of the 114 register hills in Cumberland. The highest point is recorded as ground by windshelter, not a cairn. The database describes the top as a ground by windshelter. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 89 and 90.

To scale

Summit851.6 mKey col333.4 mdrop 518.2 msea level
Key col NY 1928 1761, 3.3 km south-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

851.6 m21st highest of 242 in England

Drop

518.2 m175th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

8.2 km193rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Wandope1.5 km south-east
    773.9 m
  2. 2
    Whiteless Pike1.5 km south
    660 m
  3. 3
    Whiteside1.7 km north
    707 m
  4. 4
    Crag Hill1.8 km east
    839.2 m
1234WandopeWhiteless PikeWhitesideCrag HillN1 km

Lists

  • 20th highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 37th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 33rd highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here
  • 319th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Pillar, 892.4 m, 8.2 km south
Region
34B: Lake District C&W
OS map
89, 90
Summit
Ground by windshelter
DoBIH no.
2372
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Grasmoor

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