Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness, England

Watson's Dodd

789 m

2,589 ftDrop 11 mNY 335 195

Finder: 9 Wainwrights in Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmWatson's Dodd789Stybarrow Dodd843.7Great Dodd857Raise882.7Hart Side756
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmWatson's Dodd789Stybarrow Dodd843.7Great Dodd857
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×24 (method).

Watson's Dodd is a Lake District fell of 789 m in Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness. It barely stands apart: the summit is only 11 m above the col joining it to higher ground.

Its key col leads to Helvellyn, not to its nearest higher summit, Stybarrow Dodd. Of the 9 register hills in Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness, it has the smallest drop. It shares its height of 789 m with Druim nan Cnamh. The key col is close by, only 0.4 km to the north-east at 778 m.

To scale

Summit789 mKey col778 msea level
Key col NY 3382 1969, 0.4 km north-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

789 m45th highest of 242 in England

Drop

11 m1118th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.0 km1047th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Stybarrow Dodd1.0 km south-east
    843.7 m
  2. 2
    Great Dodd1.2 km north-east
    857 m
  3. 3
    Raise2.3 km south
    882.7 m
  4. 4
    Hart Side2.3 km east
    756 m
1234Stybarrow DoddGreat DoddRaiseHart SideN1 km

Lists

Record

Nearest higher
Stybarrow Dodd, 843.7 m, 1.0 km south-east
Parent Marilyn
Helvellyn
Region
34C: Lake District E
OS map
90
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
2534
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Watson's Dodd

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