Sight · Dartmoor National Park
A rocky summit walk past hut circles to an open-moor view.
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The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Dartmoor Tour Guide
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Dartmoor National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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Bellever Forest and the East Dart“You're nearing Bellever Forest, where a short surfaced path from the village car park reaches picnic spots beside the East Dart.”
Plays as you drive up to Bellever Tor in the Parkwolf Dartmoor Tour Guide.
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Guide
Bellever Tor is a low granite summit on open moor above Bellever Forest, its 443 m crown scattered with rocks. You reach it on foot; the broad view from the top is the point. If you want a short Dartmoor walk with a clear destination, it earns the climb. If you need level, easy access, this is not the stop to choose.
The tor trail is 4 km (2.5 miles) and uphill, with steep sections over a mix of surfaced track and unsurfaced moor. It passes through trees, prehistoric hut circles and grazing ponies before opening onto the moor for the final climb. The hut circles belong to Bellever’s wider prehistoric landscape; they are part of the forest approach, not features on the summit. Bring sturdy shoes and a waterproof for the rougher, changeable moor. At the top, frame a few summit rocks against the open hillside to show what makes this a tor.
Wildlife
32 sightingsWestern Roe DeerMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
10 sightingsRed FoxMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
37 sightingsEuropean RabbitMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
19 sightingsGrey HeronMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
34 sightingsGreat Spotted WoodpeckerMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
20 sightingsCommon RavenMost seen around 8 AMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Dartmoor. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
Keep exploring
EasyBellever Forest Easy Access Trail0.6 km · 15 min · 1.4 km awayA level forest path reaches a picnic spot on the East Dart.
EasyCycle and Tramper Trail at Bellever Forest3.9 km · 1.5 hr · 1.4 km awayA forest loop with archaeology on mostly surfaced tracks
ModerateThe Lych Way20.1 km · 6.8 hr · 1.4 km awayA full-day moor crossing to an old church, with river fords.
ChallengingGunpowder Trail to Powdermills6.1 km · 2.5 hr · 2.4 km awayA rough moorland walk to Devon’s only gunpowder works ruins.
EasyWistman's Wood Walk4 km · 1.3 hr · 3.8 km awayA 4 km return to a gnarled oak wood by the valley.
ModerateHexworthy Walk5 km · 2.5 hr · 4.1 km awayFarmsteads, tin-mill ruins and one proper moorland climb.
ModerateCombestone Tor to Aune Head Mire8.5 km · 3.8 hr · 5.3 km awayFind the Avon’s source among open pools and peat.
EasyPrincetown Walk to South Hessary Tor3 km · 1 hr · 6.3 km awayA gentle moorland walk to a granite tor above Princetown.
Sight · 1.4 km awayBellever ForestRiverside picnics, working woodland and Bronze Age remains.
Visitor center · 2.4 km awayNational Park Visitor Centre, PostbridgeA Bronze Age burial survived in peat with beads and fur intact.
Sight · 2.5 km awayPostbridge Clapper BridgeA granite clapper bridge still carries walkers over the East Dart.
Sight · 3.3 km awayWistman’s WoodTwisted, lichen-covered oaks meet mossy granite boulders.
Campground · 3.6 km awayRunnage Farm CampsiteA quiet, no-hookups base for simple nights on the moor.
Lodging · 3.8 km awayTwo Bridges HotelA historic riverside inn and useful base for Wistman's Wood.
Sight · 4.2 km awayDartmeetTwo crossings beside where the East and West Dart meet.
Restaurant · 5.4 km awayWarren House InnA high-moor pub with deep roots in tin mining.Parkwolf’s Dartmoor ranking
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