From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Easedale Tarn

Lake in Cumbria, England

Summary

Lake in Cumbria, England

Field	Value
name	Easedale Tarn
image	Easedale Tarn from below Blea Rigg.jpg
alt	Easedale Tarn
caption	Easedale Tarn as seen on the ascent of Blea Rigg, Helvellyn is seen in the background.
location	Lake District, United Kingdom
coordinates
type	tarn
outflow	Sourmilk Gill
catchment
date-built
date-flooded
length	480 m
width	300 m
area
depth
max-depth
volume
shore
elevation
temperature_high
temperature_low
pushpin_map	United Kingdom Lake District#United Kingdom South Lakeland
pushpin_map_caption	Location in the Lake District National Park##Location in South Lakeland, Cumbria

| date-built = | date-flooded = | max-depth =

Easedale Tarn is a tarn in the centre of the English Lake District, about two miles west of the village of Grasmere. It lies in a hollow between Tarn Crag to the north and Blea Rigg to the south, about 910 feet or 280 metres above sea level. The hollow was formed by a small corrie glacier, and is believed to have filled with water around 11,000 years ago when the ice finished melting.

Easedale Tarn is one of the larger tarns in the district, about 480 m long and 300 m wide. Its outflow is Sourmilk Gill, named after the milky white colour of its waterfalls, which runs east towards Grasmere. The gill displays impressive water scenery when seen from Grasmere, and from the path to the tarn.

The tarn is a popular destination for walkers. Many people climb the path from Grasmere which overlooks Sourmilk Gill. The ascent was popular during the Victorian period, and a refreshment hut was even established in the 19th century by Robert Hayton of Grasmere above the outlet of the tarn to service the thirsty visitors. The hut is long gone, and nettles now grow where the ruins used to be.

References

Wainwright, A., A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, Book 3, Francis Lincoln, 2007.

Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

lakes-of-the-lake-district westmorland-and-furness

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Easedale Tarn — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report