Easby Moor

Standing as a sentinel over the Cleveland Plain, this sandstone ridge is defined by the towering Captain Cook’s Monument at its summit. It offers a classic moorland experience, featuring heather-fringed tracks and a spectacular, earned perspective of Roseberry Topping’s jagged silhouette and the industrial sprawl of the Tees Valley to the north.

• •The name Easby is derived from the Old Norse 'Esi-by', signifying the farmstead belonging to a man named Esi; the moor rises directly above the small settlement that bears the name.
• •The summit is dominated by an 18.3-metre (60ft) stone obelisk erected in 1827 to commemorate the explorer Captain James Cook, who lived and worked in the nearby village of Great Ayton during his youth.
• •Easby Moor forms a popular section of the Cleveland Way National Trail, often tackled as part of a classic 'two peaks' circuit alongside the neighbouring, iconic cone of Roseberry Topping.
• •From the monument, the view extends across the Vale of Mowbray to the distant Pennines, while the northern horizon is framed by the coastal cliffs at Huntcliff and the heavy industry of Middlesbrough.
• •While the monument was built to celebrate Cook's circumnavigation of the globe, most visitors find the steep twenty-minute pull up from Gribdale Gate to be quite enough exploration for one day.