Snipes How
Snipes How is a peak in St John’s, Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, England and has an elevation of 814 feet. Snipes How is situated nearby to the locality Brackenrigg Crags, as well as near Brackenriggs.Places of Interest
Highlights include Walla Crag and Bleaberry Fell.
Walla Crag
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Walla Crag is a fell in the English Lake District, near Keswick. The fell is a short walk from Keswick and overlooks Derwentwater.
Bleaberry Fell
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bleaberry Fell is a fell in the Lake District in Cumbria, England, with a height of 590 metres. It stands on the main watershed between Borrowdale and Thirlmere and can be climbed from either flank. Walla Crag is a subsidiary top of Bleaberry Fell.
High Rigg
Peak
Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
High Rigg is a small fell located in the English Lake District, approximately three miles southeast of the town of Keswick. It occupies an unusual position, surrounded on all sides by higher fells but not connected by any obvious ridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Keswick and Castlerigg stone circle.
Keswick
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Keswick is the northern tourist hub of the Lake District National Park and is a favourite base for serious walkers and climbers, artists and photographers, and anyone who enjoys mountain and lake scenery.
Castlerigg stone circle
Locality
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castlerigg Stone Circle is situated on a prominent hill to the east of Keswick, in the Lake District National Park, North West England. In this period, the Lake District – a mountainous area in which Castlerigg is located – saw particularly high levels of Neolithic stone circle construction, with other similar examples including Swinside, Gamelands, Elva Plain, and Long Meg and Her Daughters.
Threlkeld
Village
Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Threlkeld is a village and civil parish in the north of the Lake District in Cumbria, England, to the east of Keswick. It is in the historic county of Cumberland.
Snipes How
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 814 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: St John’s, Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.5809° or 54° 34′ 51″ northLongitude
-3.0914° or 3° 5′ 29″ westElevation
814 feet (248 metres)Open location code
9C6RHWJ5+9FOpenStreetMap ID
node 4878534541OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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