High Adam Crag

High Adam Crag is a locality in Eskdale, Cumberland, England. High Adam Crag is situated near the locality Low Adam Crag, as well as near Cam.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Illgill Head and Whin Rigg.

Illgill Head

Peak

Photo: Archie424, Public domain.

Illgill Head is a fell in the English Lake District. It is known more commonly as the northern portion of the Wastwater Screes. The fell is 609 metres high and stands along the south-east shore of Wastwater, the deepest lake in England.

Whin Rigg

Peak

Photo: Ian Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Whin Rigg is a fell in the English Lake District, situated in the western segment of the national park, 22 kilometres south east of the town of Whitehaven.

Middle Fell

Peak

Photo: Espresso Addict, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Middle Fell is a hill or fell in the English Lake District. It is a satellite of Seatallan standing above the northern shore of Wastwater. Middle Fell can be climbed from Greendale near the foot of Wastwater, and a fine view of the lake backed by the Wastwater Screes is visible from the summit. Middle Fell is situated 1½ miles north of High Adam Crag.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nether Wasdale and Boot.

Nether Wasdale

Village

Photo: Peter Eckersley, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Nether Wasdale is a village in Cumbria, England, located in the valley and civil parish of Wasdale, near the River Irt and just over a mile to the west of the Wastwater lake. Nether Wasdale is situated 2 miles west of High Adam Crag.

Boot

Village

Photo: Steve Partridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Boot is a small village in Eskdale on the western side of the English Lake District. It lies within the civil parish of Eskdale, the unitary authority of Cumberland, and the ceremonial county of Cumbria. Boot is situated 2½ miles southeast of High Adam Crag.

Eskdale Green

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Eskdale Green is a small village in Cumbria at one end of the Eskdale Valley. The hamlet of Boot has an old corn mill in the heart but wander south away from the mill to find the little old church by the river.

High Adam Crag

Type: Locality
Location: Eskdale, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.4299° or 54° 25′ 48″ north

Longitude

-3.29998° or 3° 17′ 60″ west

Open location code

9C6RCPH2+X2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4412090486

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Low Adam Crag and Cam.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Illgill Head and High Scales Wood.

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