Great How
{{Short description|Hill in Cumbria, England}}
{{about|the hill above Eskdale|Great How above Thirlmere|Thirlmere|Great Howe in Longsleddale|Longsleddale}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Great How
| photo = Great Howe Summit Cairn. - geograph.org.uk - 246616.jpg
| photo_caption = Summit cairn looking NW towards Yewbarrow
| elevation_ft = 1713
| prominence_ft = 171
| parent_peak = Scafell Pike
| listing = Dodd, Dewey, Birkett, Synge, Fellranger
| location = Lake District, England
| range =
| coordinates = {{coord| 54.431855|-3.254133| region:GB_type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| grid_ref_UK =NY187048
| topo = OS Outdoor Leisure 6
| type =
| age =
| easiest_route =
| map = United Kingdom Lake District
}}
Great How or Great Howe is a hill of {{convert|522|m}} in the west of the English Lake District, lying south of Scafell Pike and east of Burnmoor Tarn.{{cite web |title=Great How|url=http://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/mountaindetails.php?rf=3571 |website=www.hill-bagging.co.uk |access-date=15 February 2021}} It lies in the civil parish of Eskdale, the unitary authority area of Cumberland and the ceremonial county of Cumbria.{{cite web |title=Election Maps |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/?x=317356&y=503463&z=7&bnd1=cpc&bnd2=uta&labels=on |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=7 May 2024}}
It is classed as a Fellranger, being described by Richards in the Wasdale volume of his book series.{{cite book |last1=Richards |first1=Mark |title=Walking the Lake District Fells - Wasdale: The Scafells, Great Gable, Pillar |publisher=Cicerone Press Limited |isbn=978-1-78362-786-8 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nL7EDwAAQBAJ&q=%22great+How%22++mark+richards&pg=PP1 |access-date=15 February 2021 |language=en |chapter=Great How|date=15 September 2019 }} It is among the 21 such summits (originally 18 before the extension of the Lake District) which are not included in Wainwright's list of 214.{{cite web |title=Fellranger additional fells |url=https://www.cicerone.co.uk/static.cfm/cid/239/content/fellranger-additional-fells |publisher=Cicerone |access-date=15 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708203238/https://www.cicerone.co.uk/static.cfm/cid/239/content/fellranger-additional-fells |archive-date=8 July 2016}} It is also classed as a Dodd, Dewey, Birkett and Synge.