Haystacks (Buttermere)
| Area: | Lake District - Western Fells |
| County: | Cumbria |
| Country: | England |
| Classification: | Wainwright, Birkett, Dodd, and Dewey (also Fellranger, Synge, and Tump) |
| Height: | |
| Maps: | OL4(S) Explorer or 89, 90 Landranger |
| Grid Ref: | NY193131 Hills nearby: 5km 10km 20km |
| Summit: | cairn - photo |
| Notes: | this is the S cairn and is about 2m higher than N cairn 50m N at NY 19336 13204 |
| Daylight: | dawn 05:03, sunrise 05:44, sunset 20:37, dusk 21:18 |
| External links: | Wikipedia |
Haystacks Summit Tarn
The final resting place of Alfred Wainwright.
Why not try walking up this hill using one of our walks:
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Other walkers registered on our site who have already walked up this hill include: Anonymous, JimRiley, Tirama, samross, adgl, buffer, DukeNukem, PaulG1952 (x3), SheepFarmer, NickiG, goth_angel, Oli R C, luverlyjuberly, ajdowsett, darmour, Boss_keloid, patrickonthefells (twice), ja5ca, steve71 (twice), gallowshill (twice), Suecash (twice), hillbilly, steve_acp, DANE2766, Gedlup, jdennington, Sylwia J Kociemba (x3), alanm9, GlynREvans, Samrust, TONYL31, gilly_3886 (twice), anthbowles, peterb (twice), Gillian7660, Stoney, Spacemonkey, ianjbaines, windridge, vinmac, On The Rivet, sushiwalkies, drsylvester68, Dunkman, Daniel278, fizzerfox, JamieL, daleheadged, fidds (twice), jplyons, Chris Mac, CarlandHay, Mikew92, Carolwildbird (twice), CARLOS (x5), ThrowerBell, dsutton101 (x3), Ginty, AGJ64, wolfgangb, koczur, walsh581 (twice), Jennie, livebox, Parkypig, beth, StevetheRover (twice), i2am2no2man (twice), Andy Duff, Shortnick, daveinberlin, Westcoasthiker , Lancashire Lad (x4), heggs81, Jesspeace, gbh, trina, shivtc@yahoo.co.uk, JSutton, gerard.hurst (x10), Steve18566, cejackson1951, and B@T.
In our forum you can read the following walk reports which include this hill:
- 29/11/17 - Lancashire Lad - Haystacks (From Gatesgarth Farm).
- 10/08/17 - Lancashire Lad - Red Pike to Haystacks & Fleetwith Pike. (A Buttermere Round)
- 09/07/17 - Oli R C - Haystacks, High Crag, High Stile, Red Pike
If you need accommodation we have details of 12 properties offering rooms near Haystacks (Buttermere). Here are some examples:
Sykes Cottages Assessed Cottage
£750-1915 per week8.3km (5.2 miles) away, sleeps 8
Tourist Board Assessed Cottage£570-1226 per week9.2km (5.7 miles) away, sleeps 4
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