Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness, England

Steel Fell

553 m

Dead Pike - Steel Fell

1,814 ftDrop 83 mNY 319 111

Finder: 9 Wainwrights in Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmSteel Fell553Gibson Knott420.1Calf Crag537Helm Crag405Tarn Crag (Easedale)549
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmSteel Fell553Gibson Knott420.1Calf Crag537
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×23 (method).

Steel Fell is a Lake District fell of 553 m in Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Tarn Crag (Easedale), reaches 549 m.

Its key col leads to High Raise, not to its nearest higher summit, Seat Sandal. All four of its nearest neighbours lie to the south, so it stands at the northern edge of its group. It is 241.1 m below the average height of the 9 register hills in Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness. Its other name is Dead Pike - Steel Fell.

To scale

Summit553 mKey col470 msea level
Key col NY 309 112, 1.0 km west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

553 m174th highest of 242 in England

Drop

83 m994th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

2.5 km672nd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Gibson Knott1.1 km south
    420.1 m
  2. 2
    Calf Crag1.9 km south-west
    537 m
  3. 3
    Helm Crag1.9 km south
    405 m
  4. 4
    Tarn Crag (Easedale)2.4 km south-west
    549 m
1234Gibson KnottCalf CragHelm CragTarn CragN1 km

Lists

Record

Nearest higher
Seat Sandal, 736.8 m, 2.5 km east
Parent Marilyn
High Raise
Region
34B: Lake District C&W
OS map
90
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
2466
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Steel Fell

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