"Parked at Saddle Tor South Car Park and followed the track up to Saddle Tor to enjoy views of the south coast in the distance. Seeing Haytor Rocks were crowded already I trekked in a clockwise loop around the area taking in a number of tors and rocks as well as waist high ferns on the north side of the downs. Eventually ending up at the North Summit of Black Hill before skewing back across Haytor Down and, after a quick trip to the abandoned quarry, up Haytor itself! Walking down through the car park and past the huge queue for the ice cream van, Pinchaford Ball was next, then on to Bag Tor before returning to the road and skirting the south side of Saddle Tor before reaching the car once more. Solo, overcast, 13.5km." — MuchMoorWalking • Jun 26, 2021

"Walked a circular route which started at the car park, up to Haytor then down the right side and past Haytor Quarry, over to Smallacombe Rocks, had a brief break, I forgot my mug, so no coffee for me :(. Continued on my way to Holwell Tor, before descending into the valley and heading up to Emsworthy Rocks. The final summit was Saddle Tor and then a short but enjoyable stroll back to the car park. Very wet underfoot due to the horrendous weather over the past week. But today was glorious, albeit windy when up on the top of the tors. Met quite a few very young foals along the way." — beccagulliver • May 22, 2021

"Late on sunday evening i decided to go for a very short walk due to bad weather persisting throughout the day but then a break in the weather appeared so i decided to make the most of it and went out and saw the sunset on saddle tor. " — Patrick-Warren • Dec 9, 2018

"Saturday 14th April 2018. An ascent of Haytor 457.4m/67.4m and Black Hill 414.1m/33.1m, near Haytor Vale, Dartmoor, Devon. 6.2km, with 200m of ascent. 1hr 50mins. Saturday dawned with a cold wind blowing from the east. I set off, as before, after lunch, driving to Haytor Vale on the far eastern flank of Dartmoor. The cloud was down low over the moor, and, as I parked the car below the Haytor Rocks at nearly 400m altitude, hill-fog was streaming in on the easterly wind, with visibility only at about fifty metres. Haytor is one of the most visited areas on Dartmoor (see at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haytor), and, even today, the area was busy with Saturday walkers. I was made aware of others ascending the steep grassy flank of Haytor by disembodied voices in the fog. A lofty lump of granite loomed up at me out of the mist. If it had not been for the GPS in my hand, I would have taken this as the summit tor. Luckily it was not, as getting to the top looked to be a rock climb. This was confirmed when I passed by to its western side and saw climbers preparing for a pitch. The summit tor was over 100 metres further on. This would have been a somewhat awkward scramble ..." — marktrengove2 • Apr 14, 2018