Crag Hill (Yorkshire)
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| Crag Hill | |
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 The summit triangulation point with Mickle Fell in the background |
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| Elevation | 682 m (2,237 ft) |
| Location | Yorkshire Dales/Cumbria,  England |
| Prominence | 289 m |
| Topo map | OS Landranger 98 |
| OS grid reference | SD692833 |
| Listing | Marilyn, Hewitt, Nuttall |
Crag Hill is hill lying on the North Yorkshire border marking the watershed between Lancashire and Cumbria in northern England, not to be confused with the higher Crag Hill in the county of Cumbria. It is part of the same ridge system of a 6 kilometre long ridge containing its neighbouring fells Great Coum and Gragareth, which is often considered to be the county top of Lancashire. Crag Hill is just 1 kilometre away from Great Coum; however, its closer neighbour across the ridge is actually 5 m higher (687 m). Despite this, Crag Hill is the only one of the three hills to be marked on modern Ordnance Survey maps, which labels the ridge as a whole ignoring Gragareth and Great Coum.
To cover all three hills in a single circular walk, the most popular route is usually taken from High Moss near Whernside on the Ingleton to Dent road. The summit points are each different, but Crag Hill is the only one with a triangulation point marker (see picture). The views are extensive, with panoramas of the Yorkshire Dales, Howgill Fells, the Pennines and the Lake District beyond.
