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Recreation and activities on and around the moor

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Down Ridge
Tors & Landmarks

Down Ridge

A flat-topped hill at 429m where boggy ground announces the summit, with views across to Princetown and the Monks Path below.

Dewerstone Rock
Tors & Landmarks

Dewerstone Rock

Granite outcrops in woodland beside the River Plym, owned by the National Trust and popular with rock climbers.

Cut Hill
Tors & Landmarks

Cut Hill

Joint third-highest peak in Devon at 603m, deep in the firing range with 360-degree views across the whole moor from a lonely summit.

Cuckoo Rock
Tors & Landmarks

Cuckoo Rock

A distinctive pyramid of granite on the Narrator Brook valley side, west of Combshead Tor, with scattered stones marking what appears to be a ruined tor.

Black Dunghill
Tors & Landmarks

Black Dunghill

A 492-metre hill inside the Merrivale firing range with views towards Princetown prison and Great Links Tor.

Black Ridge
Tors & Landmarks

Black Ridge

A Dartmoor hill crossed by one of the moor's longest peat passes.

Black Hill
Tors & Landmarks

Black Hill

Flat-topped granite tor north of Haytor, marked by an impressive cairn at its northern end and rock outcrops 200 metres south.

Snowdon
Tors & Landmarks

Snowdon

A 495-metre tor with couple of cairns at the summit, offering excellent views in all directions and easy walking links to nearby hills.

Barn Hill
Tors & Landmarks

Barn Hill

Granite rocks on Whitchurch Common with westerly views into Cornwall and the Caradon tors, easily reached from Pork Hill car park.