The River Kent, which flows south through the town of Kendal before emptying into Morecambe Bay, has its source on High Street's southern slopes.

A wall follows the ridge over the flat summit, the highest point is marked by an Ordnance Survey triangulation column which has been painted white.

The view stretches from the Pennines in the east to a great arc of Lakeland hills filling the western horizon.

[7] The climb from Mardale is an exhilarating ridge walk,[2] with views down into Riggindale which at one time might have been supplemented by the sight of a golden eagle.

The full south-to-north traverse of the High Street ridge from Ings near Windermere to the Eamont valley at the northern end of Ullswater is a 30-kilometre (19-mile) hike over twelve summits, and should be undertaken only by experienced walkers.