Leisure & Outdoor

Recreation and activities on and around the moor

Tors & Landmarks

Thornworthy Tor

Rocky hilltop above Fernworthy Reservoir with a fine logan-stone and views across to Cosdon Hill and Watern Tor.

Tors & Landmarks

Top Tor

A cluster of granite outcrops at 423m with irregular jointing, possibly the 'Dream Tor' of Beatrice Chase's writing, reached in ten minutes from the B3387.

Tors & Landmarks

Tors End

The last tor on Belstone Ridge, a thin granite band with a scattered clitter field and traces of old quarrying from Venville Rights.

Tors & Landmarks

Vixen Tor

A striking South Dartmoor tor around 300 metres high, known by several names including the Sphinx Rock, but closed to public access since 2003.

Tors & Landmarks

Watern Tor

Spectacular granite formation on Dartmoor's northern moor, famous for its Thirlstone hole and unusually weathered horizontal rock layers.

Tors & Landmarks

Wedlake Tor

Small metamorphic rock outcrop above Wedlake Farm, surprisingly distinct when viewed from Colly Brook despite the surrounding bare moorland.

Tors & Landmarks

Welstor Rock

A small rocky outcrop just east of Buckland Beacon with views down the Dart valley and north to Rippon Tor.

Tors & Landmarks

West Mill Tor

A grand granite stack between Rowtor and Yes Tor, striking from the north and known for one of Dartmoor's most difficult boulder fields on its east side.

Tors & Landmarks

Wild Tor

Sprawling granite outcrops on the north spur of Hangingstone Hill, with distinctive square-jointed blocks and a smaller lamellar pile that catches the eye.