East Okement Head

East Okement Head is a spring in Dartmoor Forest, West Devon District, England. East Okement Head is situated near the military installation Field Telephone Connection, as well as near the peak Okement Hill.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: High Willhays and Yes Tor.

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. High Willhays is situated 1½ miles west of East Okement Head.

Yes Tor

Peak

Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Yes Tor is the second highest point on Dartmoor, Devon, South West England, at 619 metres above sea level. It is one of only three wholly English peaks south of the Peak District National Park—the other two being the nearby High Willhays, and Black Hill in Herefordshire—that are above 2,000 feet. Yes Tor is situated 2 miles northwest of East Okement Head.

Hangingstone Hill

Peak

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hangingstone Hill is a hill in North Dartmoor in the southwest English county of Devon. At 603 metres high, it is the joint third highest peak in Devon and Dartmoor, together with Cut Hill, which lies around 4 kilometres to the southwest.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rowtor Target Railway and Belstone.

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. Rowtor Target Railway is situated 2 miles northwest of East Okement Head.