Yes Tor
Yes Tor is the second highest point on Dartmoor, Devon, South West England, at 619 metres above sea level. It is one of only two wholly English peaks south of the Peak District National Park—the other being nearby High Willhays—that are above 2,000 feet.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,031 feet
- Description: tor on Dartmoor, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Yes Tor (Okehampton)”
Places of Interest
Highlights include High Willhays and Meldon Viaduct.
High Willhays
Peak
Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
High Willhays, or according to some authorities High Willes, is the highest point on Dartmoor, Devon, at 621 metres above sea level, and the highest point in Southern England.
Meldon Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Tina Cordon, CC BY 3.0.
Meldon Viaduct is a disused railway viaduct crossing the West Okement River at Meldon, 2+1⁄2 miles south-west of Okehampton, on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, South West England.
Meldon Quarry
Quarry
Photo: Andrew Hackney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Meldon Quarry is a granite quarry in Devon, England. It is at the northern edge of Dartmoor, about 2 miles SW of Okehampton. It was developed from 1897 to supply track ballast and other stone products for the London and South Western Railway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rowtor Target Railway and Meldon.
Rowtor Target Railway
Locality
Photo: Richard Knights, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Rowtor Target Railway was a military narrow gauge target railway south of Okehampton in Dartmoor, England, with a gauge of 24 inches.
Meldon
Hamlet
Photo: Seglea, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Meldon is a hamlet in West Devon, on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, England. It is 4 km south-west of Okehampton. Its main features are the Meldon Quarry and Meldon Reservoir and the nearby Meldon Viaduct.
Sourton
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sourton is a small village and civil parish in West Devon, England. It lies about 4 miles south-west of Okehampton. It is at the north-western extremity of Dartmoor, a National Park of England and Wales, and lies along the A386 road.
Yes Tor
- Categories: tor and landform
- Location: Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.69394° or 50° 41′ 38″ northLongitude
-4.01097° or 4° 0′ 40″ westElevation
2,031 feet (619 metres)Open location code
9C2QMXVQ+HJOpenStreetMap ID
node 325680850OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Yes Tor” goes by many names.
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Field Telephone Connection and OP21 (ruins).
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Yes Tor”. Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.