Waterfall · On the route
Hardraw Force
Waterfall in North Yorkshire, England, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0Yorkshire Dales high roads
Buttertubs, Tan Hill, Arkengarthdale, Coverdale and Fleet Moss: the Dales' best moorland roads in one loop from Hawes.
- Distance
- 68 miles (109 km)
- Type
- Loop
- Where
- Yorkshire Dales
Plotted by us, not yet ridden
Click a dot for details. White dots are the stops, each with a bed search. Yellow dots are places to see.
Main roads
A684B6270A6108B6160
From the map
- Longest gap between fuel
- 24 miles
- Fuel stations near the line
- 4
- Curvature
- 167 ° a mile
- Campsites within 2 km
- 29
- The longest stretch with no fuel station within 1 km of the line runs from mile 0 to mile 24. Check it against your range with the fuel range calculator.
- The twistiest 20 miles run from mile 23 to mile 43, at 192 degrees of turning a mile.
- Passes: Buttertubs Pass (526 m, mile 4).
Measured on the route line from OpenStreetMap data, which can be missing or out of date. Curvature is degrees of turning a mile, measured every 100 metres. On our routes they run from 6 on the E19 to 701 on the SP638.
Before you go
- Cattle grids, sheep and walls right at the road edge. Buttertubs has a steep drop on one side.
- Park Rash in Coverdale is very steep with a tight bend at the bottom.
- Fuel in Hawes, Reeth and Leyburn. None on the high roads.
On the way
- Hawes
- Thwaite
- Keld
- Tan Hill Inn
- Langthwaite
- Reeth
- Leyburn
- Middleham
- Kettlewell
- Buckden
- Hubberholme
- Fleet Moss
- Hawes
Ready to ride it?
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What to check before you buy coverPlaces to see on the way
Castles, passes, viewpoints and more within easy reach of the line, in the order you reach them. Yellow dots on the map.
Waterfall · On the route
Catrake Force
Waterfall on the river Swale in North Yorkshire, England.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: mauldy, CC BY-SA 2.0
Waterfall · 0.6 km off the route
Kisdon Force
Series of waterfalls on the River Swale in Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: User Mick Knapton on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cave · 1 km off the route
Devis Hole Mine
Cave in Yorkshire, UK.
Castle · 1 km off the route
Bolton Castle
14th-century castle located near Wensleydale, Yorkshire, England.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Bob Weyker, CC BY-SA 3.0
Castle · On the route
Middleham Castle
Castle in Middleham, North Yorkshire, England, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia
Abbey · 0.3 km off the route
Coverham Abbey
Abbey in Coverham, North Yorkshire, England, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0
Cave · 1 km off the route
Scrafton Pot
Cave in Yorkshire, UK.
Cave · 0.8 km off the route
Rowantree Cave
Cave in Yorkshire, UK.
Cave · 0.7 km off the route
Birks Fell Cave
Cave in Yorkshire, UK.
Place details from Wikidata. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.