England · Lake District National Park

Hare Stones

NuttallBirkettSynge

2 classifications here — Birkett and Synge — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.

Height
627 m · 2,057 ft
Grid reference
NY 31515 34393
Coordinates
54.69990, -3.06422
County / area
Cumberland/Westmorland and Furness
OS Landranger
90
OS Explorer
OL5N
Summit feature
ground 10m NW of small cairn
Key col
NY317346 (611 m)

Access rights here

Conditional Right to roam: Right to roam only on mapped CRoW open access land.

Permission needed Wild camping: Needs the landowner's permission — the Dartmoor commons are the only exception in England.

General position for England — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in England ·check another location.

Daylight at this summit today

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Computed astronomically for 54.700, -3.064. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (627 m)…

Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).

Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

cairn (NY 31523 34388 is 20cm lower and is the Birkett).

The recorded summit point is ground 10m NW of small cairn. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
Abney level
Record revised
15-Aug-12
Drop measured from
NY317346 · 611 m

Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.

Long-distance paths past this hill

One waymarked long-distance route runs within 2.5 km of the summit — useful if you are linking this hill into a longer walk, or want a made path for the approach.

RouteTotal lengthFrom summit
Cumbria Way119 kmover the top

Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the summit computed by OpenFell.

Get food nearby

3 places to eat or drink within 10 km of the summit, rated under the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (Scotland runs its own Food Hygiene Information Scheme, a pass/fail equivalent).

Rated places to eat within 10 km of Hare Stones
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Watermill CafeRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 55.6 km · N
Caldbeck Bowling ClubPub/bar/nightclub5 out of 55.7 km · N
The Mill InnPub/bar/nightclubAwaiting inspection6.3 km · SE

Classifications and ratings are the local authority's own and can be coarse — this is a lead, not a guarantee of opening hours or that food is served to non-residents. Follow a name through to the official rating page to check, and confirm before you rely on it.

Food hygiene data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland (Open Government Licence v3.0). Distances and directions computed by OpenFell from the summit.

Which hill this one belongs to

Hare Stones is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Knott (710 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 611 m.

Grouping is by prominence alone: a summit belongs to the nearest higher Marilyn it connects to without a deeper intervening col. Over a large massif that can gather hills no one would walk in a single day, and which few would describe as parts of the same mountain — it is a measure of independence, not a suggested route.

Nearest listed peaks

PeakHeightDistance
High Pike (Caldbeck)658 m0.7 km
Great Lingy Hill616 m0.7 km
Miller Moss610.1 m1.3 km
Knott710.1 m2.4 km
Great Sca Fell651 m2.4 km
Brae Fell586 m2.7 km