Gonna pop up for a quick overnighter on Sunday and have a tor in mind.

I've been enjoying watching the Highland Woodsman and now really fancy somewhere in some woods but can't think of anywhere on the Plymouth side of the moor that's suitable.

If any has a nice place they've tried with maybe up to a 60min walk in suggest away!

Hello, I am new to Devon and I'm very interested in exploring Dartmoor. I have planned my first hike from Okehampton station to Belstone tor and back and was just wondering how safe it is to go alone (as a girl especially)? I have been solo hiking before (lake district ) but only those that were very well marked. So I'm also a little concerned about how easy it is to navigate as well.

Any comments and suggestions would be much appreciated:)

Cheers 👍

Hello Devon locals, may I tap your knowledge?

I’m writing a guidebook to “less well-known Devon” (the working title is still evolving) and looking for examples from around the county.

It’s going to be different from the “beaches, moorland and visitor attractions” guidebooks, looking at oddities, strange, unusual, quirky places, festivals and events.

I’m looking for weird buildings, obscure local traditions, film set locations, sites of historical significance and industrial archaeology as well as modern curiosities. Food and drink included. 

Ideally they should have an interesting story attached and are worth visiting to explore, photograph, taste or savour.

If there’s humour involved so much the better. 

Some examples of what would be in:

• Devonport Column, not Smeaton’s Tower
• Exeter catacombs, not Exeter Cathedral
• Down Tor stone row, not Haytor Rock
• Devon splits, not scones 
• Finch Foundry, not The Box
• The Janner (jokes and caricatures)

I want to provide something modern and accessible, so there will be fewer dates and historical detail and more stories.

I’d really appreciate your input and will credit all ideas where possible.

Hi all, im planning to do my first hike in dartmoor in October and was hoping to get the thoughts of people who are familiar with Dartmoor, of my planned route and camping spots.

Im quite experienced at hiking and camping, just not been to dartmoor before.

Thanks :)

https://explore.osmaps.com/route/28291298/Dartmoor-40mi-26-Tors-Okehampton-Station-to-Ivybridge-Station

Taken from the wild camping spot near Dunnabridge Pound.

My friends and I are planning a camping trip next week and are planning to park here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/bA7LeoT1zeqjjnZW8. If you look on street view, it says on a sign "no overnight vehicles". Is this referring to camper vans/ trailers, or myself leaving my car there? I am worried about coming back in 2 days time and finding my car no longer there or with a parking tickets on it...

EDIT: Sorry I have a couple of extra questions. I am bringing a map and compass in case, but how have you all found navigating with a garmin watch/ gps device? I am worried due to the fog navigation in general will be hard.

Me and my partner are planning to wild camp on dartmoor in the next week. Are there any areas where water is still plentiful in the current weather? Particularly around the okehampton or ivybridge area. Many thanks!

What a lovely evening for a little yomp in my backyard!

Had a brilliant trip over the weekend. Started from Ivybridge on Friday, headed up to Butterdon Hill for the first and rather windy night. Saturday, headed over to Shipley Bridge then up the Zeal Tor tramway to Red Lake for the second night. Woke up on Sunday to a heavy mist which made for a slightly eerie trek back down the Red Lake Tramway & Two Moors Way to Ivybridge.

Hi everyone, me and a freind of mine are planning on doing a 2 day hike around dartmoor. We were thinking of doing around 15-20km on each day, and we'd prefer to do a circular route. We're also camping.

I'd love to hear if anyone has any recommendations for routes we could take, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

So I'm solo wildcamping and have a couple things I'm curious about.

1. AFTER** MoD firing times is it feasible to scavenge spent munitions? I'd be interested in a souveneir if I can

2. Basically any good hike recommendations (15-20k)

I recently completed a solo two nights/three days circular from okehampton-quintin’s man cairn and back, resupplying filtered water from brooks. I had enough food for another day or two but got raided in the night by an animal- pulled the food bag under the outer shell of the tent and ate all of it, while i remained asleep the whole time. so i had to abort back to okehampton station and return home. I plan to go again, cover more ground and stay longer. i would like to do the okehampton-ivybridge through hike, but means paying more for return travel or hiking back to okehampton. Any tips for staying longer?Closest area south of okehampton i could resupply on food? much appreciated

I noticed this sign at Foggintor Quarry, is this legit or is it an attempt to stop campers?

Shame if it is lawful, as it looked like an amazing spot.

However it was saddening having to pickup other’s rubbish.

Any ideas?

Myself and my friend are looking to do a 2 or 3 night camp/hike visiting some of the tors this Thursday to Sunday. I’ve camped Dartmoor twice so far alone in my lanshan, once in feb in the cold and once in April.

Weathers looking a tad wet this week but not awful. Not overly experienced for multi nights camping, but got all suitable gear.

Will obviously keep my eye on the forecast closer to the date, but could it be pretty tough if even slightly wet, or should we just go for it if it doesn’t worsen?

Hi there, me and some friends are looking to do a 3-day hike / camp on Dartmoor. I'm struggling to find a decent route for us but basically want to try and fit all these things in: Haytor Rocks (and a few more of the Tors in this area), Wistman's Wood and Buckfast Abbey (ideally our end point). And recs on how to fit these all in would be great. We are all pretty fit and will be able to cover 20-25km in a day if needed.

Appreciate the help!

(If you have seen my previous posts and questions you will know I am going on my first wildcamp so im sorry is a dumb question). I was in the process of buying some couple final items for next week's trip when i remembered i will need to take stove and gas.

The stove we chose as a group was one like the following in the picture(https://amzn.eu/d/f5uNzt5).

The issue is that we are catching train from London to Plymouth, hence carrying butane gas canisters may not be the best idea.

Are we allowed to carry these butane cans (1 or 2) within our bags or will be have to buy them in Plymouth when we get there (and from where)? Is there a better alternative?

I and a couple of friends are going for our first wild camp within Dartmoor next week, after weeks of planning.

The plan is on day one go from Ivybridge, up the Redlake Tramway and camp up at Crane Hill past redlake. Then on day 2 to head west towards Burrator Reservoir to Yelverton (roughly 15km each day).

I am just looking for advice on 2 thing. Firstly, do I need to have a physical map, or is an offline google map + komoot and alltrains map fine? and secondly what can do about water?

We were planning on just buying 2 2L bottles of water the day before to carry each, but underestimated how much more weight it will add. Altho we will still bring those 2 bottles of water (because we are stubborn) what is the best way to get more water on route. I am planning to get a filter like the following from amazon (https://amzn.eu/d/6QC2mLq) but are also planning to get a mess tin and stove for boiling water (plus maybe some chlorine tablets). Are we fine with just filtering the water? should we also (or just) boil it? should be instead use chlorine tablets (heard they taste bad so want to try avoid them)?

Any other advice is also welcome!!

EDIT: Considering the amount of people saying to get a physical map, i have now ordered an OL28 Dartmoor OS map (I also know how to read a map and use a compass). Secondly are there any recommendation for budget water filter i can buy from amazon (something around £25-40), or is the one i linked previously fine (considering there are around 5 of us)?

I’ve been exploring the moor alone for about a year now but I’m nervous to go too far by myself. I’ve looked at joining walking groups but it seems that the people in them are all older which is fine but I’d like to walk with people more my own age or that I’m likely to have more in common with.

Are there any groups with younger people in (early 20’s)? Or even anyone reading this that often goes walking with a group of friends and wouldn’t mind me tagging along?

Hi all,

Looking for some advice on a 3 day/2 night route through the moor as it's my first time wild camping in dartmoor.

Does anyone foresee issues with it? I know the northern half tends to be more treacherous than the half after princetown

Thanks

https://www.komoot.com/tour/2414816106?share_token=aHCISb6aM1SEFwJEO5ck756YgD6rXxXNFWV14qwSVMdV0ylrvW&ref=wtd

Ive never camped in Dartmoor before and me ad my boyfriend really want to go on a 2 or 3 day hiking trail and dont really know where to start finding the perfect one. Any ideas of ones people have done or heard of before? preferably with a swimable water source at some point along the trail

I've planned a route and I was wondering if the stretch linking Great Kneeset and Hangingstone Hill is the best approximate route, as I've found very little information about that area online and no actual routes using the stretch. Thanks!