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Grisedale Tarn

538 m1,765 ft
Area
0.12 km²
Tonight
2°CPartly cloudy · Wind 17 km/h NW

Grisedale Tarn is a lake at 538 m above sea level in United Kingdom, 0.12 km² in area and 0.6 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
538 m
Length
0.6 km
Shoreline
1.4 km
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Lake

Grisedale Tarn in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

0.6 km longest100 mN ↑
Shoreline
1.4 km≈15 min to walk around
3D map

Grisedale Tarn 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Grisedale Tarn terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

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Grisedale Tarn elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Grisedale Tarn weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 2°C (36°F) · Wind 17 km/h NW

Grisedale Tarn forecast for about 538 m.

  • Tonight2°–17 km/h NW
  • Today3°8°40.6 mm49 km/h W
  • Sun4°7°5.9 mm45 km/h W
  • Mon4°11°21.4 mm32 km/h SW
  • Tue6°9°14.3 mm40 km/h S
  • Wed7°9°5.1 mm26 km/h W
  • Thu6°8°1.0 mm13 km/h SE
  • Fri6°9°10.6 mm19 km/h SE
  • Sat3°8°4.4 mm22 km/h SE
  • Sun3°5°0.4 mm21 km/h NW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Grisedale Tarn

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Grisedale Tarn, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest parking

    2.1 km WSW

    +2 more within 2.7 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Sykeside Camping Site

    5.4 km E · +2 more within 5.7 km

  • Nearest hut

    Sykeside Bunkhouse

    5.5 km E · +2 more within 6.1 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    Gillside Caravan Park

    5.7 km NNE · +2 more within 6.0 km

All mapped places 12
PlaceDistance
Parking2.1 km WSW
Parking2.1 km WSW
Parking2.7 km SSW
Campsite4.4 km SSW
Sykeside Camping SiteCampsite5.4 km E
Sykeside BunkhouseHut5.5 km E
Gillside CampingCampsite5.7 km NE
Gillside Caravan ParkCaravan site5.7 km NNE
Noran Bank Farm BunkhouseHut5.9 km ENE
Hartsop Fold Holiday LodgesCaravan site6.0 km ENE
Hartsop FoldCaravan site6.0 km ENE
George Starkey HutHut6.1 km NE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
20.5%
Moderate, 15–30°
50.8%
Steep, 30–45°
27.1%
Cliffs, 45° and over
1.6%
Steeper than 30°
28.7% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
759 m low point 127 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 98.4%Trees 0.9%Water 0.7%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 2 km of Grisedale Tarn.

NESW1 km2 km1234
Summit list 4
  1. 1Cofa Pike823 m 1.0 km E
  2. 2Fairfield873 m 1.0 km ESE
  3. 3Dollywaggon Pike859 m 1.0 km NNW
  4. 4High Crag884 m 1.7 km NNW
Where it sits

Where Grisedale Tarn sits

Range
Lake District28
Region
United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Protected area
Lake District National Park27
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Lake District 6
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Downloads

Grisedale Tarn downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-15)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · Wikipedia