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Tarn Hows

189 m620 ft

Tonight: 4°CCloudy · Wind 21 km/h NW

Tarn Hows is a lake at 189 m above sea level in England, United Kingdom.

All facts

Surface elevation: 189 m

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Tarn Hows 3D map

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Surface

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Tarn Hows terrain and contours

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Tarn Hows elevation profile

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Weather

Tarn Hows weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 4°C (39°F) · Wind 21 km/h NW

Tarn Hows forecast for about 189 m.

Tonight4°–21 km/h NW
Sat5°10°41.6 mm50 km/h W
Sun6°8°5.5 mm45 km/h W
Mon6°8°22.6 mm29 km/h SW
Tue8°11°13.0 mm36 km/h S
Wed8°11°6.4 mm26 km/h W
Thu8°9°1.4 mm12 km/h SE
Fri8°11°11.9 mm17 km/h SE
Sat4°9°4.4 mm17 km/h SE
Sun5°8°0.4 mm19 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 23, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Tarn Hows

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

Nearest parking
N.T. Disabled Parking
0.3 km N · +2 more within 0.5 km
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Nearest campsite
Keen Ground Farm
2.0 km ESE · +2 more within 2.8 km
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Nearest caravan site
The Croft
2.6 km ESE · +2 more within 3.1 km
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All mapped places 9

Place	Distance
Parking	0.2 km ESE
N.T. Disabled ParkingParking	0.3 km N
Tarn Hows Car ParkParking	0.5 km NW
Keen Ground FarmCampsite	2.0 km ESE
Hawkshead Hall Camping & Caravan SiteCampsite	2.1 km E
The CroftCaravan site	2.6 km ESE
Pier Cottage Caravan ParkCampsite	2.8 km SW
Lakes Lodges - Esthwaite ViewCaravan site	2.9 km SE
BeckthwaiteCaravan site	3.1 km SW

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 82% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

81.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

17.4%

Steep, 30–45°

1.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 1.1% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view: 269 m low point 43 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 49.6%Grassland 47.0%Water 3.1%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 357 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Purple foxglove23
Deer fern18
Common bilberry16
Fly Agaric13
Common Blue Damselfly13
Tormentil11

Where it sits

Where Tarn Hows sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Wrynose Pass393 m6.7 km WNW

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Print & wall

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

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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)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
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)
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Tarn Hows

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