Moel Ysgyfarnogod, Snowdonia National Park

Name: Moel Ysgyfarnogod
Address: Snowdonia National Park, United Kingdom

#70 among attractions in Snowdonia National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Moel Ysgyfarnogod, Snowdonia National Park

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Moel Ysgyfarnogod is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales and is the northernmost of the Rhinogydd. Rhinog Fawr lies directly south. ()

Elevation: 2044 ftProminence: 591 ftCoordinates: 52°53'33"N, 3°59'44"W

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Snowdonia National Park United Kingdom

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Moel Ysgyfarnogod – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Twrog's Church, Tomen y Mur, Pont Briwet, Bryn Cader Faner.

3.7 miN
Church
St Twrog's Church, Snowdonia National Park
94 min walk • Saint Twrog's Church is in the village of Maentwrog in the Welsh county of Gwynedd, lying in the Vale of Ffestiniog, within the Snowdonia National Park. It is in the Deanery of Ardudwy. It is designated by Cadw as a Grade II listed building. A church was founded on the current site in the 6th century by Saint Twrog.
3.8 miNE
Archaeological site
Tomen y Mur, Snowdonia National Park
98 min walk • Tomen y Mur is a First Century AD Roman fort in Snowdonia, Gwynedd, Wales. The fortification, which lies on the slope of an isolated spur northeast of Llyn Trawsfynydd, was constructed during the North Wales campaigns of governor Gnaeus Julius Agricola in AD 78.
3.3 miNW
Bridge
Pont Briwet, Penrhyndeudraeth
85 min walk • Pont Briwet refers to the road and railway bridges that cross the River Dwyryd, near Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd in North Wales. The first bridge was a Victorian road and railway viaduct that was constructed entirely from timber by the Cambrian Railways company.
0.8 miNW
Memorial
Bryn Cader Faner, Snowdonia National Park
20 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.
3.9 miW
Area
Ynys Gifftan, Snowdonia National Park
99 min walk • Ynys Gifftan is an island near the south east shore of Traeth Bach, the Dwyryd estuary near Portmeirion in Gwynedd, north Wales. There is a public footpath to it across the estuary marked on Ordnance Survey maps but has no definable marks that make it obvious; it can be reached on foot at low tide and is 38 metres high.
3.9 miN
Nightlife
Oakeley Arms Hotel, Blaenau Ffestiniog
101 min walk • The Oakeley Arms Hotel is a Grade II listed hotel near Maentwrog in North Wales. The original building dates back to the 17th century, and was once part of the nearby Tan-y-Bwlch Estate.
3.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Rhinog Fawr, Snowdonia National Park
91 min walk • 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.
2.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Rhinogydd, Snowdonia National Park
68 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.
3.7 miN
Universities and schools
Plas Tan y Bwlch, Snowdonia National Park
95 min walk • Plas Tan y Bwlch in Gwynedd, Wales, is the Snowdonia National Park environmental studies centre, administered by the National Park Authority. It is located approximately 6 miles east of the coastal town of Porthmadog, overlooking the valley of the River Dwyryd and the village of Maentwrog.
2.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Llyn Cwm Bychan, Snowdonia National Park
64 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.
~1200 ftNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Foel Penolau, Snowdonia National Park
6 min walk • Foel Penolau is a mountain close to Moel Ysgyfarnogod in Snowdonia, North Wales and is the northernmost summit of the Rhinogydd, and overlooks Llyn Trawsfynydd. From the summit it is possible to see the towns of Porthmadog and Blaenau Ffestiniog.