Scout Scar (Wainwright summit)

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Scout Scar (Wainwright summit) rises to 233 m (764 ft) in Cumbria. It is listed among the 116 Wainwright Outlying Fells — the fells of Wainwright's Outlying Fells of Lakeland. It is one of 436 hills the Albion Guide lists in Cumbria. It stands inside the Lake District National Park.

The nearest other hill is Cunswick Scar, 2.4 km to the north. The closest station is Kendal, 3.5 km to the east.

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