The moors get a lot of weather. Some of it is the best kind, with cloud sitting in the dales and the sun breaking through on the tops, and some of it is a day of horizontal drizzle. For the latter:
Under cover
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway runs in all weathers and the carriages are warm
Ryedale Folk Museum has enough indoors to fill a couple of hours
Beck Isle Museum in Pickering, the Captain Cook Memorial Museum in Whitby and Staithes Museum are all small, dry and interesting
Nunnington Hall and the house at Mount Grace Priory are proper indoor visits
Danby Lodge National Park Centre has exhibitions, a gallery and a cafe
Worth doing wet
Waterfalls are better after rain. Mallyan Spout and Falling Foss are both short walks and both roar after a wet night. The tea garden at Falling Foss is outdoors and opens only on summer weekends and bank holidays, so check before you go.
Eat
Whitby fish and chips, a long pub lunch at the Lion Inn with the fire lit, or cake at Helmsley Walled Garden's vine house cafe.
Wait it out
Weather on the moors moves fast. Check the Met Office forecast for a moorland spot such as Danby or Sutton Bank and you will often find a dry window in the afternoon.
