Napes Needle
Napes Needle is a hill in Wasdale, Cumberland, England and has an elevation of 2,270 feet. Napes Needle is situated nearby to the hamlet Wasdale Head, as well as near Seathwaite.Places of Interest
Highlights include Great Gable and Green Gable.
Great Gable
Peak
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Great Gable is a mountain in the Lake District, United Kingdom. It is named after its appearance as a pyramid from Wasdale, though it is dome-shaped from most other directions.
Green Gable
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Green Gable is a fell in the English Lake District often traversed by walkers en route to its more famous neighbour Great Gable. It can be ascended from Honister Pass, Seathwaite in Borrowdale, or Ennerdale.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wasdale Head and Seathwaite.
Wasdale Head
Hamlet
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wasdale Head is a scattered agricultural hamlet in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Wasdale Head claims to be home of the highest mountain, deepest lake, smallest church and biggest liar in England. Wasdale Head is situated 1½ miles southwest of Napes Needle.
Seathwaite
Hamlet
Seathwaite is a small hamlet in the Borrowdale civil parish of Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England. It is in the Lake District near Scafell Pike and 8 miles southwest of Keswick at the end of a minor road that heads southwest from the hamlet of Seatoller… Seathwaite is situated 2 miles northeast of Napes Needle.
Seatoller
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Seatoller is a settlement in Borrowdale in the English Lake District. Historically part of Cumberland, it lies on the B5289 road at the east foot of the Honister Pass, and to the south of Derwent Water. Seatoller is situated 3 miles northeast of Napes Needle.
Napes Needle
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 2,270 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Wasdale, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.4791° or 54° 28′ 45″ northLongitude
-3.22155° or 3° 13′ 18″ westElevation
2,270 feet (692 metres)Open location code
9C6RFQHH+J9GeoNames ID
12624415
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