Reflections
Still water.
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Buttermere is a lake in the Lake District of northwest England, about 11 km southwest of Keswick in a straight line. It covers 0.9 square kilometres and is about 2 km long, 540 metres wide and up to 28.6 metres deep, lying 100 metres above sea level. The lake lies near the head of the River Cocker's valley, ringed by fells: the High Stile range to the southwest, Robinson to the northeast, Fleetwith Pike and Haystacks to the southeast, and Grasmoor to the northwest. A short stream links it to Crummock Water, from which the Cocker flows on toward the Irish Sea. The village of Buttermere stands at its northwestern end. Green and brown fells are mirrored in the still lake on calm days, pines line the shore, and the slopes shift from green in summer to brown and gold in autumn. Visitors walk the path around the lake, about 7 km long, which at one point passes through a rock tunnel beneath Hassness. The lake is reached by road from Cockermouth or over the Honister Pass or Newlands Hause, and calm mornings are best for reflections.
Still water.
On the path.
All around.
Buttermere, Cumberland, Cumbria, England
About 7 km.
Calm mornings for reflections.
