North Yorkshire Moors
Another popular area for walkers in North Yorkshire is the North Yorkshire Moors. The North Yorkshire Moors are a plateau of moorland bounded by the Hambleton and Cleveland Hills on the west and the North Sea on the east. The Yorkshire Moors doesn’t have any mountains and lakes like the Yorkshire Dales. The Yorkshire Moors instead comprises of isolated area of moorland, interspersed with tranquil dales and woodland. The landscape of the Yorkshire Moors varies from the wild moors high on the hills to the green patchworks of farms throughout the area.
There are many historic houses and ruined castles and monasteries to visit, with the towns such as Guisborough, Saltburn, Scarborough, Helmsley and Thirsk located throughout the Yorkshire Moors also worth a visit. Walkers have over 1,400 miles (almost 2,300 km) of public paths and tracks to choose in the North Yorkshire Moors. They range from moorland paths to good concreted paths. Also, there is 23,000 hectares of Forestry Commission land which has good footpaths on it for the walker to explore and use to access this area. In addition, there are 45 miles of coast paths at the eastern side of Yorkshire Moors for all walkers to explore and enjoy.
A famous walk is the Lyke Walk where you can do a 40 mile walk across the top of the Moors in one complete day. This traditionally starts at Osmotherly and ends in Ravenscar on the coast. Another famous walk is The Falling Foss Forest Walk circular walk near Whitby. This takes in the Dramatic Falling Foss Waterfall, Littlebeck and Maybeck on the walk. This walk is set in broad-leaved woodland valleys of the National Park with grassland slopes on the banks of the becks making it an ideal place for a picnic.