Tarn Crag, Grasmere

Name: Tarn Crag
Address: Grasmere, United Kingdom

#21 among attractions in Grasmere

Nature, Natural attraction, Hill

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Tarn Crag is a fell in the Central Fells of the English Lake District. Strictly the name refers only to the rock face looking down upon Easedale Tarn, but Alfred Wainwright applied it to the entire ridge lying between the Easedale and Far Easedale valleys in his Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells ()

Elevation: 1808 ftProminence: 16 ftCoordinates: 54°28'26"N, 3°4'32"W

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Grasmere United Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Pavey Ark, Stickle Tarn, Easedale Tarn, Blea Rigg.

1.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cliff
Pavey Ark
38 min walk • Pavey Ark, with its imposing presence in the United Kingdom's Lake District, is a rugged cliff face that commands respect and admiration from hikers and climbers alike. As part of the Langdale Pikes, it looms over the serene Stickle Tarn, offering a formidable...
1.4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Stickle Tarn, Elterwater
37 min walk • Stickle Tarn is a small tarn near Harrison Stickle in Lake District, England. The tarn was enlarged by the building of a stone dam in 1838 and is used to supply water for the inhabitants of Langdale.
0.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Easedale Tarn, Grasmere
10 min walk • Easedale Tarn is a tarn in the centre of the English Lake District, about two miles west of the village of Grasmere. It lies in a hollow between Tarn Crag to the north and Blea Rigg to the south, about 910 feet or 280 metres above sea level.
0.9 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cliff
Blea Rigg, Elterwater
23 min walk • Blea Rigg is a fell in the English Lake District, lying between the valleys of Easedale and Great Langdale. One of the Central Fells, it is a broad plateau with a succession of rocky tops.
0.7 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Calf Crag, Grasmere
19 min walk • Calf Crag is a fell in the English Lake District, on the eastern side of the High Raise massif.
1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Gibson Knott, Grasmere
26 min walk • Gibson Knott is a fell in the English Lake District, an intermediate height on the ridge between Greenburn and Far Easedale in the Central Fells.
1.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Steel Fell, Grasmere
40 min walk • Steel Fell is a fell in the English Lake District, lying between Thirlmere and Grasmere. It is triangular in plan, the ridges running north, west and south east.
1.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Sergeant Man, Grasmere
29 min walk • Sergeant Man is a fell in the English Lake District. It is properly a secondary summit of High Raise, but is given a separate chapter by Alfred Wainwright in his third Pictorial Guide nonetheless, as it "is so prominent an object and offers so compelling a challenge".