Hobcarton Crag

Hobcarton Crag is a peak in Lorton, Cumberland, England and has an elevation of 2,421 feet. Hobcarton Crag is situated nearby to the locality High Force, as well as near Long Crag.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Grisedale Pike and Hopegill Head.

Grisedale Pike

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Grisedale Pike is a fell in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, situated 4+1⁄2 miles west of the town of Keswick in the north-western sector of the national park.

Hopegill Head

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hopegill Head is a fell in the English Lake District in Cumbria. It is located nine kilometres west of the town of Keswick and is well seen from the B5292 road which crosses the Whinlatter Pass.

Crag Hill is a mountain in the North Western part of the English Lake District. It was formerly known as Eel Crag; however, the Ordnance Survey now marks Eel Crag as referring to the northern crags of the fell.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brackenthwaite and Braithwaite.

Brackenthwaite

Hamlet

Photo: Ron Shirt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brackenthwaite is a hamlet in the parish of Buttermere, in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It is situated some 6 miles south of Cockermouth. It lies within the Lake District National Park.

Braithwaite

Village

Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Braithwaite is a village in the northern Lake District, in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it lies just to the west of Keswick and to the east of the Grisedale Pike ridge.

Stair

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stair is a village in Cumbria, England. It is situated in the Newlands Valley, to the west of Derwent Water and within the Lake District National Park.

Hobcarton Crag

Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,421 feet
Also known as: “Hobcarton Head”
Category: landform
Location: Lorton, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.58719° or 54° 35′ 14″ north

Longitude

-3.24888° or 3° 14′ 56″ west

Elevation

2,421 feet (738 metres)

Open location code

9C6RHQP2+VC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4730319950

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

12618565

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