Rye Loaf Hill
Yorkshire Dales · England
59th highest of 74 in the Yorkshire Dales · 3.7 km from Malham
About Rye Loaf Hill
Rye Loaf Hill is a 547 m (1,795 ft) peak in the Yorkshire Dales, rising 41 m above the col that joins it to higher ground. It lies within the Yorkshire Dales region. It counts towards one hill list: Deweys.
Rye Loaf Hill is the 59th highest of the 74 summits Atlas lists in the Yorkshire Dales, and the joint 54th by prominence. The nearest village is Malham, 3.7 km to the east.
The summit carries an Ordnance Survey trig pillar: second-order pillar, 547 m (OS station SD96S014). Atlas collects the pillar separately from the summit.
The nearest other summit is Kirkby Fell (546 m), 1 km to the east.
Key facts
- Height
- 547 m 1,795 ft
- Prominence
- 41 m
- Region
- Yorkshire Dales England
- Nearest summit
- Kirkby Fell 1 km E · 546 m
- Height rank
- 59th of 74 Summits in the Yorkshire Dales
- Nearest village
- Malham 3.7 km E
- Trig pillar
- Second-order pillar, 547 m OS station SD96S014
- Hill lists
- 1 Deweys
Plan a walk
- Car park near Upper Settle - 2.5 km south-west of the summit, as the crow flies
- Settle station - 4.7 km west of the summit, as the crow flies
Mountain forecast for Yorkshire Dales: Met Office · MWIS
Nearest station and car park in a straight line, not a route. Places from OS Open Names, stations from NaPTAN, car parks © OpenStreetMap contributors. Credits.
- Grid reference
- SD 864 633
- Coordinates
- 54.06560, -2.20896
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On one hill list
- Deweys - Joint 180th of 425 by height. Hills in England, Wales and the Isle of Man between 500 m and 2,000 ft (609.6 m) with at least 30 m of drop on every side.
Around Rye Loaf Hill
- Dales High Way - Trail · 0.6 km
- Kirkby Fell - 546 m · 1 km E
- Kirby Fell - Trig point · 1 km E
- Grizedales - 553 m · 1.1 km N
- Scaleber Force - Waterfall · 2.5 km W
- Victoria Cave - Cave · 3.1 km NW
- Langcliffe - Trig point · 3.2 km W
- Dean Moor Hill - Trig point · 3.2 km NE
- Hunter Bark - Trig point · 4.4 km SW
- Fountains Fell South Top - 663 m · 7.5 km N
- Parson's Pulpit - 538 m · 7.7 km NE
- Fountains Fell - 668 m · 8.3 km N
- Proctor High Mark - 531 m · 8.5 km NE
- Darnbrook Fell - 624 m · 9.7 km N
- Pen-y-ghent - 694 m · 10.4 km N
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