Pen-y-Pass, Snowdonia National Park

Name: Pen-y-Pass
Address: Snowdonia National Park, United Kingdom

#123 among attractions in Snowdonia National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain pass

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Pen-y-Pass is a mountain pass in Snowdonia, Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It is a popular location from which to walk up Snowdon, as three of the popular routes can be started here. Glyder Fawr, to the north, is also accessible from here. ()

Maximum elevation: 1178 ftCoordinates: 53°4'51"N, 4°1'15"W

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Pen-y-Pass – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Llyn Llydaw, Dinas Cromlech, Llyn Cwm-y-ffynnon, Pen-y-Gwryd.

1.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Llyn Llydaw, Snowdonia National Park
38 min walk • Llyn Llydaw is a natural lake in Snowdonia National Park on the flanks of Snowdon, Wales' highest mountain. This long thin lake has formed in a cwm about one-third of the way up the mountain. It is one of the most visited lakes in the United Kingdom.
1.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Rock
Dinas Cromlech, Snowdonia National Park
35 min walk • Dinas Cromlech or Dinas y Gromlech is a distinctive rhyolite rock outcrop at the Llanberis Pass, in Snowdonia, northwest Wales, which has a distinctive "open book" shape that is clearly visible from the road, and is very popular for rock climbers.
0.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Llyn Cwm-y-ffynnon, Snowdonia National Park
11 min walk • Llyn Cwm-y-ffynnon is a lake in Snowdonia, below the summit of Moel Berfedd in Cwmffynnon. The lake's original name was Fynnon Mymbyr as outlined in Llywelyn ap Iorwerth's charter of 1198. As the name suggests, the lake nestles in a short valley, a cwm, high above the Pen-y-Gwryd hotel.
0.8 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain pass
Pen-y-Gwryd, Snowdonia National Park
21 min walk • Pen-y-Gwryd is a pass at the head of Nantygwryd and Nant Cynnyd rivers close to the foot of Snowdon in Gwynedd, Wales. The area is located at the junction of the A4086 from Capel Curig to Llanberis and Caernarfon and the A498 from Beddgelert and Nant Gwynant about a mile from the head of the Llanberis Pass.