The Calf

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The Calf
The trig point at the summit, looking towards the distant Pennines.
Elevation	676 m (2218 ft)
Location	Yorkshire Dales, England
Prominence	383 m
Topo map	OS Landranger 98
OS grid reference	SD667970
Listing	Marilyn, Hewitt, Nuttall

The Calf, at 676 m, is the highest top in the Howgill Fells, an area of high ground in the north-west of the Yorkshire Dales. It can be ascended from the town of Sedbergh to the south, by way of Cautley Spout from the east, or up the long valley of Langdale from the north. The Sedbergh ascent is the most popular, and has the distinction of being on good paths all the way.

The summit commands an extensive panorama, although foreground detail is obscured by the extreme flatness of the plateau. A twenty-mile skyline of the Lakeland peaks can be seen, as well as the Yorkshire Three Peaks and many of the nearer Howgill Fells.