Stainton Pike

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Stainton Pike is a hill in the English Lake District, near Waberthwaite, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.{{cite book|last=Wainwright|first=A.|authorlink=Alfred Wainwright|title=The Outlying Fells of Lakeland|year=1974|publisher=Westmorland Gazette|location=Kendal|pages=150–155|chapter=Stainton Pike}} It reaches {{convert|1550|ft|m}} and Wainwright's anticlockwise circuit also visits The Knott at {{convert|1071|ft|m}} (this latter not to be confused with its namesake The Knott in the eastern Lake District, or the other "outlying fell" near Stickle Pike, or Knott north of Skiddaw). The walk also passes the waterfall Rowantree Force and collection of ancient enclosures and hut circles known as Barnscar or City of Barnscar.{{cite PastScape |mnumber=37411|mname=Barnscar|accessdate=27 April 2012}}