Boat How
| Area: | Lake District - Southern Fells |
| County: | Cumbria |
| Country: | England |
| Classification: | Wainwright Outlying Fell and Birkett (also Fellranger, Synge, and Tump) |
| Height: | |
| Maps: | OL6(N) Explorer or 89, 90 Landranger |
| Grid Ref: | NY177034 Hills nearby: 5km 10km 20km |
| Summit: | single stone embedded in grass - photo |
| Notes: | outcrops 4m SW are 10cm lower |
| Daylight: | dawn 07:21, sunrise 08:03, sunset 15:57, dusk 16:39 |
| External links: | Wikipedia |
Boat How
Wainwright describes an anticlockwise circuit of Boat How from Boot. He says: "Its proliferation of ancient remains makes it a happy hunting ground for walkers with an eye for relics of days long past", mentioning the four stone circles nearby.
If you've walked up this hill already why not log on or register and record your walk?
Other walkers registered on our site who have already walked up this hill include: James82, McLeish, RuslandRambler, and StevetheRover.
If you need accommodation we have details of 10 properties offering rooms near Boat How. Here are some examples:
Sykes Cottages Assessed Cottage
£265-1033 per week7.3km (4.5 miles) away, sleeps 2
Sykes Cottages Assessed Cottage£672-3842 per week4.9km (3.0 miles) away, sleeps 10
Sykes Cottages Assessed Cottage£479-1907 per week3.8km (2.3 miles) away, sleeps 6
Photo by David Brown and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0) licence. For more information about this photo, including on copyright, see the photo's home page.
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