Scales Tarn
Scales Tarn is a lake in Mungrisdale, Westmorland and Furness, England. Scales Tarn is situated nearby to the peak Atkinson Pike, as well as near Doddick Fell.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Blencathra and Bannerdale Crags.
Blencathra
Peak
Blencathra, also known as Saddleback, is one of the most northerly of the Cumbrian Mountains, in the English Lake District. It has six separate fell tops, of which the highest is the Hallsfell Top at 2,848 feet.
Bannerdale Crags
Peak
Photo: Bobble Hat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bannerdale Crags is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands between Blencathra and Bowscale Fell in the Northern Fells.
Mungrisdale Common
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mungrisdale Common, pronounced mun-grize-dl, with emphasis on grize, is a fell in the English Lake District. Although Alfred Wainwright listed it as one of the 214 featured hills in his influential Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells it was his least favourite.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Threlkeld and Hutton Moor End.
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, (in the historic county of Cumberland to the east of Keswick. Threlkeld is situated 2 miles south of Scales Tarn.
Hutton Moor End
Locality
Hutton Moor End is a hamlet on the Hutton Moor Road in the north east of the Lake District in Cumbria, England. It lies within the civil parish of Mungrisdale and is known locally as 'Moor End' as it is at the end of the Hutton Moor on an old route-way between Penrith to Keswick. Hutton Moor End is situated 2½ miles east of Scales Tarn.
Mungrisdale
Village
Photo: Karl and Ali, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mungrisdale is a small village and civil parish in the north east of the English Lake District in Cumbria. It is also the name of the valley in which the village sits. Mungrisdale is situated 2½ miles northeast of Scales Tarn.
Scales Tarn
- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake in the United Kingdom
- Category: lake
- Location: Mungrisdale, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.64386° or 54° 38′ 38″ northLongitude
-3.04155° or 3° 2′ 30″ westOpen location code
9C6RJXV5+G9OpenStreetMap ID
way 4707193OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterWikidata ID
Q20730258
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to German—“Scales Tarn” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره سكاليس تارن”
- German: “Scales Tarn”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Atkinson Pike and Doddick Fell.
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