Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Haystacks (Buttermere)

597 m

1,959 ftDrop 78 mNY 193 131

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmHaystacks (Buttermere)597High Crag (Buttermere)744.8Fleetwith Pike648.9Pillar892.4Brandreth715
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmHaystacks (Buttermere)597High Crag (Buttermere)744.8Fleetwith Pike648.9
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×24 (method).

Haystacks (Buttermere) is a Lake District fell of 597 m in Cumberland. All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Pillar at 892.4 m.

It sits below High Crag (Buttermere), only 1.5 km to the north-west and 147.8 m higher. Its key col leads to Great Gable, not to its nearest higher summit, Looking Stead (Pillar). Its nearest higher summit, Looking Stead (Pillar) (627.7 m, 1.5 km south-west), is a listed top not profiled here. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 89 and 90.

To scale

Summit597 mKey col519 msea level
Key col NY 204 124, 1.3 km south-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

597 m159th highest of 242 in England

Drop

78 m997th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.5 km926th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    High Crag (Buttermere)1.5 km north-west
    744.8 m
  2. 2
    Fleetwith Pike1.6 km north-east
    648.9 m
  3. 3
    Pillar2.4 km south-west
    892.4 m
  4. 4
    Brandreth2.4 km south-east
    715 m
1234High CragFleetwith PikePillarBrandrethN1 km

Lists

Record

Nearest higher
Looking Stead (Pillar), 627.7 m, 1.5 km south-west
Parent Marilyn
Great Gable
Region
34B: Lake District C&W
OS map
89, 90
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
2457
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Haystacks (Buttermere)

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