Drygill Head

Drygill Head is a peak in Mungrisdale, Westmorland and Furness, England and has an elevation of 2,041 feet. Drygill Head is situated nearby to the locality Red Covercloth, as well as near Birk Moss.

Places of Interest

Highlights include High Pike and Carrock Fell.

High Pike

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

High Pike is a fell in the northern part of the English Lake District, it is located 4.5 kilometres south of Caldbeck. It has a height of 658 metres and is the most northerly of the Lakeland fells over 2,000 feet, a widely used criterion for determining which summits are classified as mountains.

Carrock Fell

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Carrock Fell is a fell in the English Lake District, situated in the northern region of the national park, 8 miles north-east of Keswick.

Knott

Peak

Knott is a mountain in the northern part of the English Lake District. It is the highest point of the Back o'Skiddaw region, an area of wild and unfrequented moorland to the north of Skiddaw and Blencathra.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mosedale and Bowscale.

Mosedale

Hamlet

Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mosedale is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Mungrisdale in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the county of Cumbria, in the north west of the English Lake District.

Bowscale

Hamlet

Photo: Tom Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bowscale is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Mungrisdale, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the county of Cumbria, England.

Hesket Newmarket

Village

Photo: andy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hesket Newmarket is a small village in Cumbria, England, historically within Cumberland. It is on the opposite side of Skiddaw to Keswick within the Lake District National Park.

Drygill Head

Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,041 feet
Category: landform
Location: Mungrisdale, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.69813° or 54° 41′ 53″ north

Longitude

-3.05916° or 3° 3′ 33″ west

Elevation

2,041 feet (622 metres)

Open location code

9C6RMWXR+78

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4858008112

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

12624742

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