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Whernside
- Easiest route
- 1.9 km+274 m · about 1 h
- Prominence
- 405 m1,329 ft
- Isolation
- 39 km
- Tonight
- 1°CPartly cloudy · Wind 26 km/h W
Whernside is a 736 m (2,415 ft) mountain in the Pennines, England, United Kingdom.
All facts
- Elevation
- 736 m · 2,415 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Harter Fell (778 m)
- Range
- Pennines
- Region
- England, United Kingdom
- Protected area
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Coordinates
- 54.2282° N, 2.4023° W
How to get to the top of Whernside
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 1.7 km W of Whernside
- Distance
- 1.9 kmone way
- Climb
- +274 m(899 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1 h
- Difficulty
- Grade not mapped
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Whernside 3D map
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Whernside terrain and contours
20 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
Whernside weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 1°C (34°F) · Wind 26 km/h W
Whernside forecast for the summit, about 736 m.
- Tonight1°–26 km/h W
- Today2°7°32.1 mm50 km/h W
- Sun3°5°5.8 mm49 km/h W
- Mon3°5°11.2 mm33 km/h SW
- Tue4°9°20.5 mm38 km/h SW
- Wed6°8°7.4 mm30 km/h W
- Thu6°7°0.1 mm15 km/h SE
- Fri5°8°4.5 mm21 km/h SE
- Sat1°6°6.5 mm24 km/h SE
- Sun1°4°0.2 mm22 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 near Whernside
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Whernside, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
3.4 km SE
Nearest campsite
Ewegales Farm
Nearest caravan site
High Laning Farm Caravan & Camping Park
Nearest hut
Selside Outdoor Activity Centre
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 3.4 km SE |
| Parking | 3.5 km SE |
| Parking | 3.5 km SE |
| Ewegales FarmCampsite | 5.7 km NNE |
| Conder Farm Camp SiteCampsite | 6.3 km NNW |
| High Laning Farm Caravan & Camping ParkCaravan site | 6.7 km NNW |
| Dentdale Glamping PodsCampsite | 6.8 km NW |
| Selside Outdoor Activity CentreHut | 7.1 km SE |
| Caravan site | 7.3 km SSW |
How steep is the route to Whernside?
The easiest mapped route, 1.9 km from 460 m to 736 m. Steepest stretch: 27°.
- 0–15°1.6 km
- 15–30°0.3 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 20 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.
Where Whernside sits
- Range
- Pennines6
- Region
- England120United Kingdom371Europe2,143
- Protected area
- Yorkshire Dales National Park8
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Dentdale↑6.5 km NNW
IngleboroughPeak · 723 m↑6.9 km S
Garsdale↑8.1 km N
Grisedale↑12 km NNE
Pen-y-ghentPeak · 694 m↑13 km SE
More 1
More in the Pennines 3
Whernside downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 735 m at the summit; the official height is 736 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 736 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 735 m | -1 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 732 m | -4 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 2025 (scene 2025-09-22)
- 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)
- 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