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Grisedale Tarn
- 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
Grisedale Tarn in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 1.4 km≈15 min to walk around
Grisedale Tarn 3D map
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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.
Grisedale Tarn elevation profile
West → east through the centre
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 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
Nearest campsite
Sykeside Camping Site
Nearest hut
Sykeside Bunkhouse
Nearest caravan site
Gillside Caravan Park
All mapped places 12
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 2.1 km WSW |
| Parking | 2.1 km WSW |
| Parking | 2.7 km SSW |
| Campsite | 4.4 km SSW |
| Sykeside Camping SiteCampsite | 5.4 km E |
| Sykeside BunkhouseHut | 5.5 km E |
| Gillside CampingCampsite | 5.7 km NE |
| Gillside Caravan ParkCaravan site | 5.7 km NNE |
| Noran Bank Farm BunkhouseHut | 5.9 km ENE |
| Hartsop Fold Holiday LodgesCaravan site | 6.0 km ENE |
| Hartsop FoldCaravan site | 6.0 km ENE |
| George Starkey HutHut | 6.1 km NE |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 28.7% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 759 m low point 127 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 2 km of Grisedale Tarn.
Summit list 4
- 1Cofa Pike823 m 1.0 km E
- 2Fairfield873 m 1.0 km ESE
- 3Dollywaggon Pike859 m 1.0 km NNW
- 4High Crag884 m 1.7 km NNW
Where Grisedale Tarn sits
- Range
- Lake District28
- Region
- United Kingdom371Europe2,143
- Protected area
- Lake District National Park27
Nearby places
Dunmail RaisePass · 238 m↑2.2 km W
HelvellynPeak · 950 m↑3.1 km NNW
Red TarnLake · 718 m↑3.2 km N
Easedale TarnLake · 282 m↑5.2 km SW
Brothers WaterLake · 157 m↑5.3 km E
More in the Lake District 6
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- Imagery
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- 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)