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Sca Fell

964 m3,163 ft

Prominence: 136 m445 ft
Isolation: 1.1 km
Tonight: 0°CPartly cloudy · Wind 18 km/h NW

Sca Fell is a 964 m (3,163 ft) mountain in the Lake District, England, United Kingdom.

All facts

Elevation: 964 m · 3,163 ft
Nearest higher peak: Scafell Pike (978 m)
Range: Lake District
Region: England, United Kingdom
Protected area: Lake District National Park
Coordinates: 54.4471° N, 3.2244° W

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3D map

Sca Fell 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Sca Fell 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.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Sca Fell elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Sca Fell weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 0°C (32°F) · Wind 18 km/h NW

Sca Fell forecast for the summit, about 964 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 61 m.

Tonight0°–18 km/h NWBase 6°
Today1°7°38.2 mm58 km/h WBase 6 / 12°
Sun2°5°6.3 mm53 km/h WBase 8 / 10°
Mon2°9°17.9 mm33 km/h SWBase 7 / 14°
Tue3°7°12.9 mm38 km/h SWBase 9 / 12°
Wed4°6°8.7 mm30 km/h WBase 10 / 12°
Thu3°5°0.7 mm13 km/h SEBase 9 / 11°
Fri4°7°9.1 mm20 km/h SEBase 9 / 12°
Sat1°5°4.0 mm18 km/h SEBase 6 / 10°
Sun0°3°3.7 mm21 km/h NWBase 6 / 9°

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.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

41.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

41.4%

Steep, 30–45°

15.5%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.6%

Steeper than 30°: 17.1% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 914 m low point 61 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 94.9%Trees 3.5%Water 1.3%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Sca Fell summit.

Summit list 7

1Scafell Pike978 m 1.1 km NE
2Broad Crag935 m 1.6 km NE
3Lingmell807 m 1.8 km N
4Ill Crag931 m 1.9 km ENE
5Long Pike825 m 2.4 km NE
6Great End West Cairn909 m 2.7 km NE
7Great End910 m 2.8 km NE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 141 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Parsley fern11
Common Chaffinch10
Bog asphodel9
Garden Chafer6
Purple foxglove6
Common Butterwort6

Where it sits

Where Sca Fell sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Honister Pass356 m7.4 km NNE

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Print & wall

JPGSca Fell satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-15.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 959 m at the summit; the official height is 964 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	964 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	959 m	-5 m
Copernicus GLO-90	952 m	-12 m

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)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © 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.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia