High Willhays
4 classifications here — Current County/UA Top, Marilyn, HuMP and Simm — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.
- Height
- 622 m · 2,041 ft
- Prominence
- 537 m
- Grid reference
- SX 58027 89220
- Coordinates
- 50.68520, -4.01116
- County / area
- Devon
- Region
- South West England
- OS Landranger
- 191
- OS Explorer
- OL28N
- Summit feature
- large cairn on rock tor
- Key col
- ST 6512 1193 (85.1 m)
Access rights here
Conditional Right to roam: Right to roam only on mapped CRoW open access land.
Yes Wild camping: Lawful on the Dartmoor commons, confirmed by the Supreme Court in 2025.
Following Darwall v Dartmoor National Park Authority [2025] UKSC 20 (21 May 2025), s.10(1) of the Dartmoor Commons Act 1985 confers a public right to pitch tents or otherwise make camp overnight on the Dartmoor commons, as camping is a form of open-air recreation. This applies to the commons (not the whole National Park) — follow the park authority's backpack-camping map and code.
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 50.685, -4.011. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
Summit weather live
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Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
Finding the summit
The recorded summit point is large cairn on rock tor. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- Abney level
- Record revised
- 31-Mar-20
- Drop measured from
- ST 6512 1193 · 85.1 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.
| Route | Total length | From summit |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Michael Pilgrims Way | 105 km | 0.5 km |
Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the summit computed by OpenFell.
The High Willhays group
One other listed summit sits in the same prominence group, with High Willhays as the independent hill at its head.
| Summit | Height | Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Yes Tor | 619 m | 24 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
| Peak | Height | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Yes Tor | 618.6 m | 0.9 km |