Rhinog Fawr, Snowdonia National Park

Name: Rhinog Fawr
Address: Snowdonia National Park, United Kingdom

#104 among attractions in Snowdonia National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Rhinog Fawr is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales and forms part of the Rhinogydd range. It is the third highest summit of the Rhinogydd, losing out to Y Llethr and Diffwys respectively. Its smaller cousin Rhinog Fach lies to the south, separated by the pass of Bwlch Drws Ardudwy, while its other neighbour, Moel Ysgyfarnogod lies to the north. ()

Elevation: 2362 ftProminence: 1191 ftCoordinates: 52°50'29"N, 3°59'8"W

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Snowdonia National Park United Kingdom

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Rhinog Fawr – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Pistyll Cain, Bryn Cader Faner, Moel Ysgyfarnogod, Moelfre Hill.

4.5 miE
Waterfall
Pistyll Cain, Dolgellau
115 min walk • Pistyll Cain, also written as Pistill Cain and Pistill Y Caen, is a renowned waterfall in Meirionnydd in north Wales. It lies north-east of Ganllwyd off the A470 trunk road between Dolgellau and Trawsfynydd.
4.1 miN
Memorial
Bryn Cader Faner, Snowdonia National Park
104 min walk • Bryn Cader Faner is a Bronze Age round cairn which lies to the east of the small hamlet of Talsarnau in the Ardudwy area of Gwynedd in Wales. The diameter is 8.7 metres and there are 18 thin jagged pillars which jut upwards from the low cairn. It is thought to date back to the late third millennium BC.
3.6 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moel Ysgyfarnogod, Snowdonia National Park
91 min walk • Moel Ysgyfarnogod is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales and is the northernmost of the Rhinogydd. Rhinog Fawr lies directly south. It overlooks Llyn Trawsfynydd, and from the summit it is possible to see the towns of Porthmadog and Blaenau Ffestiniog. It may be climbed from Trawsfynydd in the east, or from Talsarnau in the west.
3.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moelfre Hill, Snowdonia National Park
91 min walk • Moelfre is a hill in Wales on the far western edge of the Snowdonia National Park, 3 miles from the village of Dyffryn Ardudwy, 5 miles from the village of Llanbedr and about 10 miles from the town of Harlech. It forms part of the Rhinogydd range. Moelfre reaches a height of 589 metres.
3.9 miW
Church
Capel Salem, Snowdonia National Park
100 min walk • Capel Salem is a Grade II listed building in the hamlet of Pentre Gwynfryn, near Llanbedr, Gwynedd, Wales. This Baptist chapel building is located about a mile up river of Llanbedr, on a ridge between the two valleys. It is just 300 yards upstream from where the two rivers meet.
1.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Rhinogydd, Snowdonia National Park
32 min walk • The Rhinogydd are a range of mountains located east of Harlech in North Wales. The name Rhinogydd derives from the names of two of the more famous peaks, Rhinog Fawr and Rhinog Fach, although the greatest elevation in the range is reached by Y Llethr, 756 m.
2.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Llyn Cwm Bychan, Snowdonia National Park
57 min walk • Llyn Cwm Bychan is a lake in north Wales, and is one of the sources of the River Artro which flows south westwards through Llanbedr and onwards to the sea. It is located in the Rhinogydd mountains of Snowdonia.
2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Y Llethr, Snowdonia National Park
51 min walk • Y Llethr is the highest mountain in the Rhinogydd range of Snowdonia, in north Wales. The summit consists of a flat grassy top marked only by a small cairn. The summit is more in keeping with its southern flanks than its rugged northern approach.
1.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Rhinog Fach, Snowdonia National Park
31 min walk • Rhinog Fach is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales and forms part of the Rhinogydd. Technically, Rhinog Fach is a subsidiary summit of Y Llethr, but is a Marilyn.
4.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Y Garn, Penmaenpool
113 min walk • Y Garn is a mountain in the southern Snowdonia, Wales, north of Dolgellau. It is an outlier of the Rhinogydd range, rising above the Coed-y-Brenin forest and the Rhaeadr Du waterfalls.
3.4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Diffwys, Snowdonia National Park
88 min walk • Diffwys is a mountain in Snowdonia, Wales, near Barmouth and forms part of the Rhinogydd. On the north side is an exposure of the Caerdion Syncline. It is technically a subsidiary summit of Y Llethr, missing Marilyn status by 2m. It is therefore like Rhinog Fach a sub Marilyn. The summit has a trig point.