Hare Tor

Hare Tor is one of Dartmoor's largest and most impressive tors. It lies on the western side of north Dartmoor and is fairly easy to get to from Willsworthy. The views from the tor are good. The name Hare is almost certainly derived from Higher and not from the animal.

Park at the roadside car park at SX 518835. Take the metalled military road that takes you eastwards for about a mile until you get past the rifle targets. Then carry along a track that skirts south of White Hill and which will take you to the periphery of Hare Tor from where there's a short climb up to the tor. Admire the views and then make northwards for Sharp Tor from where there are other good views over the Doe valley and Wallabrook. Chat Tor is the third tor on our itinerary and it's a good 10 minute walk over Rattlebrook Hill. Then head west and traverse the Doe valley to reach our 4th tor - Doe tor. Then southwards over the Wallabrook to join the track that leads around the north edge of White Hill and so back to the car park. (It's easy to come off this track too early.)

The walk is about 6 miles over ground that is sometimes easy and sometimes quite tricky. Poor weather on Rattlebrook Hill could provide challenges to the unwary. All the ground covered by this walk is within a military area, so when those flags fly - this walk is not on.

	The gate at the roadside car park near Willsworthy at SX 518835.
	The metalled road that takes us towards Hare Tor (left on the horizon). This road is used by the military for the well used Willsworthy rifle ranges.
	We're approaching the white ridge of the rifle range target backstop. You can see the pits where the riflemen lay down in to aim at their targets.
	A closer look at the Willsworthy rifle range - SX 530834
	View from the track that skirts around White Hill at SX 535837. Hare Tor is on the right horizon with Sharp Tor on the left.
	Approaching Hare Tor at SX 545844.
	Some of the rock clitter of Hare Tor.
	The west view from Hare Tor - SX 551843
	Another view from Hare Tor
	The north view from Hare Tor overlooking the southern edge of Rattlebrook Hill.
	The main pinnacle of Sharp Tor - SX 551848
	The view from the main pinnacle of Sharp Tor. We can see another set of rocks of Sharp Tor with Doe valley stretching out behind.
	The view over the Doe Tor valley from Sharp Tor. This valley has seen a lot of tinning in previous centuries and you can see the lines of the excavations as they go down the valley. The obvious tor on the horizon is Bray Tor.
	Looking northwards from the exposed plateau of Rattlebrook Hill. Great Links Tor on the left horizon.
	The isolated pog of Chat Tor at SX 556853. This is a good example of lamellar bedding in the granite.
	Looking back at Chat Tor from the wettish, flat ground of Rattlebrook Hill. This area is covered with the remains of the turf ties that mark where the peat was extracted and transported by pack horse to Lydford.
	The Doe Tor valley with Brat Tor dominating the skyline. Lots of tin streaming debris in this valley.
	Doe Tor - SX 542848. One of the 3 piles. Out of shot of the camera there's a curious enclosure made of small boulders that someone has built into one of the piles.
	Remains of tin streaming along the Wallabrook. Hare Tor on the horizon.
	Another view of the Wallabrook with Brat Tor on the horizon.
	Looking east from the trackway at SX 532841.
	This is a military building - a lookout and a stable. It was built in the 1980's as part of the refurbishment of the Willsworthy range. On the north side of White Hill at SX 530840.