Walk de149 Yes Tor and High Willhays from Okehampton Camp

Vital Statistics:

Length:	6mls (9.5km)
Ascent:	1,188ft (362m)
Time:	3½hrs
Grade:

Route outline for walk de149:

Okehampton Camp  -  Anthony Stile  -  Black Down  -  Red-a-ven Brook  -  Okehampton Army Firing Range  -  Yes Tor  -  High Willhays  -  West Mill Tor  -  Okehampton Camp

Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

High Willhays is often mistakenly referred to as the highest point in England south of Kinder Scout. In fact Black Mountain (703m) on the border between Herefordshire (England) and Powys (Wales) is considerably higher than both Crowden Head (Kinder Scout) (636m) and High Willhays (621m).

The odd shaped lumps of rock strewn across so many of the South West's tors are collectively known as 'clitter'.

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

1 English Mountain

0 Wainwrights

2 English Nuttalls

0 English Deweys

0 Wainwright Outlying Fells

1 Marilyn

0 Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is High Willhays at 622m (2041ft). High Willhays is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (166th highest in England, 289th highest in England & Wales)

High Willhays is also known as an English Nuttall (228th highest in England, 397th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (49th highest in England, 727th highest in the UK).

High Willhays is the highest point in Dartmoor National Park and and the highest point in the county of Devon.

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Yes Tor at 619m (2031ft). Yes Tor is also known as an English Nuttall (237th highest in England, 412th highest in England & Wales). The summit of Yes Tor is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk de149 Yes Tor and High Willhays from Okehampton Camp

In no particular order . . .

On the summit of High Willhays

Photo: flave (2)

On the summit of High Willhays

Photo: flave (1)

West Mill Tor from Yes Tor

Photo: David Rodgers (7)

High Willhays summit cairn

Photo: David Rodgers (8)

Entering the firing range on Yes Tor

Photo: David Rodgers (3)

High Willhays Summit

Photo: Stephen Dawson (30)

Yes Tor from the cairn on High Willhays

Photo: Pete Barr (5)

High Willhays from the trig point on Yes Tor

Photo: Pete Barr (4)

Yes Tor summit Trig Point

Photo: David Rodgers (6)

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