Dock Tarn, Grasmere

Name: Dock Tarn
Address: Grasmere, United Kingdom

#28 among attractions in Grasmere

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Dock Tarn is a small tarn located within the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England, at grid reference NY273143. It is situated on moorland at 400 metres above sea level near the summit of Great Crag, midway between Watendlath, the Stonethwaite valley and Borrowdale. It measures approximately 300 by 200 metres, and the shoreline is indented with rocky headlands and bays. There is a tiny island in the tarn with a few small Rowan trees growing on it. Many Lake District writers rate Dock Tarn and the walk to it very highly because of its quiet beauty. ()

Elevation: 1355 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 54°31'8"N, 3°7'29"W

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Dock Tarn – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Thirlmere, Bowder Stone, Lodore Falls, Castle Crag.

2.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Thirlmere
72 min walk • Nestled in the Lake District National Park, Thirlmere is a reservoir renowned for its serene beauty and tranquil waters. Surrounded by the picturesque landscapes of Cumbria, United Kingdom, Thirlmere was originally two smaller lakes until the construction of a dam in...
1.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Rock
Bowder Stone, Borrowdale
45 min walk • The Bowder Stone is a large andesite lava boulder, that fell 200 metres from the Bowder Crag on Kings How between 13,500 and 10,000 years ago. The stone is situated in Borrowdale, Cumbria, England, at grid reference NY25401639.
2.7 miN
Natural attraction, Waterfall, Park
Lodore Falls, Borrowdale
70 min walk • Lodore Falls is a waterfall in Cumbria, England, close to Derwentwater and downstream from Watendlath. The falls are located on the beck that flows from Watendlath Tarn, and tumble more than 100 feet over a steep cascade into the Borrowdale Valley.
2.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cliff
Castle Crag
56 min walk • Castle Crag is a hill in the North Western Fells of the English Lake District. It is the smallest hill included in Alfred Wainwright's influential Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, the only Wainwright below 1,000 feet.
~1810 ftNW
Hill
Great Crag, Borrowdale
9 min walk • Great Crag is a fell in the English Lake District, located near the hamlets of Rosthwaite and Stonethwaite in Borrowdale.
3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
High Raise
77 min walk • High Raise is a fell in the Central Fells of the English Lake District, not to be confused with another High Raise situated in the Far Eastern Fells.
2.7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
High Spy
69 min walk • High Spy is a fell in the English Lake District it is situated on the ridge that separates the Newlands Valley from Borrowdale, eight kilometres south of Keswick.
2.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Glaramara, Lake District National Park
72 min walk • Glaramara is a fell in the English Lake District in Cumbria. It is a substantial fell that is part of a long ridge that stretches for over six kilometres from Stonethwaite in Borrowdale up to the important mountain pass of Esk Hause.
1.8 miS
Nature, Hill, Natural attraction
Sergeant's Crag, Lake District National Park
47 min walk • Sergeant's Crag is a fell in the English Lake District. It is an intermediate height on the ridge between the Langstrath and Greenup valleys in the Central Fells.
3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Calf Crag, Grasmere
77 min walk • Calf Crag is a fell in the English Lake District, on the eastern side of the High Raise massif.
2.2 miN
Hill
Bell Crags, Borrowdale
57 min walk • Bell Crags is a hill of 559.1 metres in the Lake District, England. It lies between Borrowdale to its west and Thirlmere to its east, and is north of Ullscarf.