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Scafell Pike
- Easiest route
- 3.8 km+898 m · about 2.5 h · T3
- Prominence
- 912 m2,992 ft
- Isolation
- 149 km
- Tonight
- 0°CCloudy · Wind 19 km/h NW
Scafell Pike is a 978 m (3,209 ft) mountain in the Lake District, England, United Kingdom.
All facts
- Elevation
- 978 m · 3,209 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Carnedd Llewelyn (1,062 m)
- Range
- Lake District
- Region
- England, United Kingdom
- Protected area
- Lake District National Park
- Coordinates
- 54.4540° N, 3.2115° W
How to get to the top of Scafell Pike
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Lake Head Car Park (parking)
- Distance
- 3.8 kmone way
- Climb
- +898 m(2,946 ft up)
- Time up
- about 2.5 h
- Difficulty
- T3Demanding: exposed spots, some easy scrambling
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Scafell Pike 3D map
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Scafell Pike terrain and contours
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Scafell Pike weather
Tonight · Cloudy · 0°C (32°F) · Wind 19 km/h NW
Scafell Pike forecast for the summit, about 978 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 73 m.
- Tonight0°–19 km/h NWBase 5°
- Today1°7°39.9 mm57 km/h WBase 7 / 13°
- Sun2°4°7.9 mm50 km/h WBase 7 / 9°
- Mon2°3°23.0 mm34 km/h SEBase 8 / 9°
- Tue3°7°13.8 mm41 km/h SBase 9 / 12°
- Wed4°6°7.6 mm30 km/h WBase 10 / 12°
- Thu3°5°0.4 mm15 km/h SEBase 8 / 11°
- Fri4°6°7.5 mm22 km/h SEBase 10 / 12°
- Sat0°5°4.6 mm23 km/h SEBase 6 / 10°
- Sun0°3°1.3 mm21 km/h NWBase 6 / 8°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Scafell Pike
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Scafell Pike, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Wasdale Head Campsite
Nearest parking
Lake Head Car Park
Nearest hut
Warnscale Head
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 3.1 km WNW |
| Wasdale Head CampsiteCampsite | 3.2 km WNW |
| Lake Head Car ParkParking | 3.3 km W |
| Wasdale CampsiteCampsite | 3.3 km W |
| Parking | 4.8 km W |
| Seathwaite Farm CampsiteCampsite | 5.4 km NNE |
| Warnscale HeadHut | 6.2 km N |
| Dubs HutHut | 6.3 km N |
| Great Langdale BunkhouseHut | 7.9 km E |
How steep is the route to Scafell Pike?
The easiest mapped route, 3.8 km from 73 m to 978 m. Steepest stretch: 33°.
- 0–15°2.4 km
- 15–30°1.4 km
- 30–45°0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 50 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
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 3.8 km, measured from the Scafell Pike summit.
Summit list 8
- 1Ill Crag931 m 0.8 km ENE
- 2Symonds Knott959 m 0.9 km WSW
- 3Sca Fell964 m 1.1 km SW
- 4Great End West Cairn909 m 1.6 km NE
- 5Great End910 m 1.6 km NE
- 6Esk Pike885 m 2.1 km E
- 7Bowfell903 m 3.0 km ESE
- 8Great Gable899 m 3.2 km N
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.8 km; 191 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Parsley fern24
- Common Chaffinch13
- Bog asphodel11
- Common Butterwort11
- Two-banded Longhorn Beetle9
- Common Raven7
Where Scafell Pike sits
- Range
- Lake District28
- Region
- England120United Kingdom371Europe2,143
- Protected area
- Lake District National Park27
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Sca FellPeak · 964 m↑1.1 km SW
Sprinkling TarnLake · 598 m↑2.3 km NNE
Wast WaterLake · 61 m↑5.4 km WSW
Hardknott Pass393 m↑5.8 km S
Innominate TarnLake · 520 m↑6.0 km NNW
More in the Lake District 6
Scafell Pike downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 974 m at the summit; the official height is 978 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 978 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 974 m | -4 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 969 m | -9 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)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- 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
- Official website · Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia