Thack Moor

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Thack Moor tops out at 610 m in Cumbria. It counts among the 316 Hewitts, hills in England, Wales and Ireland of two thousand feet or more. It is one of 436 hills the Albion Guide lists in Cumbria. It stands within the North Pennines National Landscape.

Slaggyford Station is 8.9 km away to the north-east. For more of the same, Black Fell (Cumbria, 664m) and Tom Smith's Stone Top are close by.

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