 Low Pike is well seen from the streets of the town as the first prominent fell on the ridge which continues northwards for a further four kilometres to Fairfield.This ridge is part of the Fairfield horseshoe walk and Low Pike is most commonly ascended as part of this.Despite its modest height, Alfred Wainwright gave Low Pike a separate chapter in his "Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells" because "it is sufficiently elevated above the deep valleys of Scandale and Rydale to give an impression of loftiness which exaggerates its modest altitude."