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Buttermere – Haystacks Summit loop from Buttermere

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Buttermere – Haystacks Summit loop from Buttermere

Moderate

4.9

(50)

541

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Buttermere – Haystacks Summit loop from Buttermere

04:26

12.9km

520m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 19, 2026

Tips

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Lake District National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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694 m

View of Fleetwith Pike from Buttermere

Highlight • Viewpoint

From the edge of Buttermere looking over to Fleetwith, Black Star, and Honister Quarry. Nice place to take a rest after coming down the stone steps from the Fells, be …

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1.31 km

Burtness Wood

Highlight • Forest

This peaceful woodland is a lovely part of the Buttermere circuit. With surreal light shining through the trees and the lake glistening in the background, it is a magical place to hike.

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1.92 km

Buttermere

Lake

2.41 km

Buttermere

Highlight • Viewpoint

Stunning views of Cromock Water

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4.57 km

Scarth Gap

Mountain Pass

5.15 km

Haystacks Summit

Highlight • Natural Monument

Alfred Wainwright’s favourite fell and final resting place, Haystacks is achingly pretty: a place where rocky, craggy coarseness meets the quaint charm of tarns and streams in perfect harmony. Alf …

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5.67 km

Innominate Tarn

Highlight • Lake

Innominate Tarn on Haystacks is where Alfred Wainwrights ashes were scattered. These are his own words, taken from his Western Fells guidebook - "All I ask for, at the end, …

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10.6 km

View of Haystacks and Buttermere

Highlight • Lake

Nice and easy walk and an epic view.

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11.1 km

Buttermere Tunnel

Highlight • Structure

This tunnel-like cave is on the footpath around Buttermere. It is about 50 feet (15 m) long. A torch is useful as there are deep puddles inside in the pitch-black cave.

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11.4 km

Beach

12.0 km

Buttermere Lake

Highlight • Trail

As one of the few lakes in the national park that you can walk all the way round, Buttermere is well worth a visit. At 4 miles (6 km), the …

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12.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.75 km

3.54 km

1.82 km

736 m

Surfaces

8.81 km

1.27 km

1.11 km

833 m

805 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (570 m)

Lowest point (100 m)

Weather

Sunday 10 May

11°C

2°C

32 %

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Buttermere – Haystacks Summit loop from Buttermere

View of Fleetwith Pike from Buttermere

Burtness Wood

Buttermere

Haystacks Summit

Innominate Tarn

View of Haystacks and Buttermere

Buttermere Tunnel

Buttermere Lake

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