Three Pikes

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Three Pikes is a 650-metre mountain in County Durham. It is one of the 316 Hewitts, and a Nuttall besides. It is one of 17 hills the Albion Guide maps in County Durham. It stands inside the North Pennines National Landscape.

Great Stony Hill and Chapelfell Top are among the hills within 4.2 km. The closest station is Stanhope, 17 km to the east.

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