Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Outerside

568 m

1,864 ftDrop 74 mNY 211 214

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmOuterside568Scar Crags672.2Causey Pike637Barrow455Grisedale Pike790.3
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmOuterside568Scar Crags672.2Causey Pike637
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×24 (method).

Outerside is a Lake District fell of 568 m in Cumberland. It sits below Scar Crags, only 0.8 km to the south and 104.2 m higher.

Its key col leads to Grasmoor, not to its nearest higher summit, Scar Crags. The key col is close by, only 0.3 km to the south-west at 494 m. The highest point is recorded as outcrop, not a cairn. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 89 and 90.

To scale

Summit568 mKey col494 msea level
Key col NY 209 212, 0.3 km south-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

568 m170th highest of 242 in England

Drop

74 m1004th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

0.8 km1086th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Scar Crags0.8 km south
    672.2 m
  2. 2
    Causey Pike1.0 km south-east
    637 m
  3. 3
    Barrow1.6 km east
    455 m
  4. 4
    Grisedale Pike1.7 km north-west
    790.3 m
1234Scar CragsCausey PikeBarrowGrisedale PikeN1 km

Lists

Record

Nearest higher
Scar Crags, 672.2 m, 0.8 km south
Parent Marilyn
Grasmoor
Region
34B: Lake District C&W
OS map
89, 90
Summit
Outcrop
DoBIH no.
2464
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Outerside

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