Glasgwm, Snowdonia National Park

Name: Glasgwm
Address: Snowdonia National Park, United Kingdom

#68 among attractions in Snowdonia National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Glasgwm is a mountain in Gwynedd, Wales forming part of the Aran range in southern Snowdonia. It is one of the three Marilyns that make up the range, the others being Aran Fawddwy and Esgeiriau Gwynion. To the west is Maesglase and the Dyfi hills, while to the south-west lies Cadair Idris. To the south lies the Plynlimon range. It is 779 metres high. ()

Elevation: 2556 ftProminence: 705 ftCoordinates: 52°45'37"N, 3°43'31"W

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Glasgwm – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Pont Minllyn, Aran Fawddwy, Mynydd Dolgoed, Foel Dinas.

3.7 miSE
Bridge
Pont Minllyn, Dinas Mawddwy
96 min walk • Pont Minllyn is a bridge spanning the Afon Dyfi, north of the village of Mallwyd, in Gwynedd, Wales. It was built by John Davies, rector of Mallwyd between 1603 and 1644 and a famed Welsh scholar who wrote a Welsh grammar and worked on early Welsh translations of the Bible and the Book of Common Prayer.
2.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Aran Fawddwy, Snowdonia National Park
62 min walk • Aran Fawddwy is a mountain in southern Snowdonia, Wales, United Kingdom. It is the highest point of the historic county of Merionethshire.
4.3 miSW
Hill
Mynydd Dolgoed, Dinas Mawddwy
111 min walk • Mynydd Dolgoed or Craig Portas is a mountain in southern Snowdonia, Wales. It is a long ridge running from a low summit between the valleys of the Afon Angell and the Nant Ceiswyn, north east to the cliff of Craig Portas above Dinas Mawddwy.
3.2 miS
Hill
Foel Dinas, Dinas Mawddwy
83 min walk • Foel Dinas is a mountain in Wales. It is the north-westernmost peak of the Dyfi Hills and sits above the town of Dinas Mawddwy. In the 1870s its eastern and northern slopes were planted with trees by Sir Edmund Buckley, the lord of the manor of Mawddwy.
3 miS
Natural attraction, Mountain
Maesglase, Dinas Mawddwy
77 min walk • Maesglase is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales, situated approximately four miles to the south-west of Aran Fawddwy. It is the highest of the Dyfi Hills.
4.2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Esgeiriau Gwynion, Snowdonia National Park
107 min walk • Esgeiriau Gwynion is a mountain in north Wales. It is the smallest of the three Marilyns that form the Aran range, the others being Aran Fawddwy and Glasgwm.
3.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cribin Fawr, Snowdonia National Park
89 min walk • Cribin Fawr is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales, situated approximately four miles to the south-west of Aran Fawddwy. It is one of the peaks in the Dyfi hills, a subgroup of the Cadair Idris group.
4.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Waun-oer, Snowdonia National Park
109 min walk • Waun-oer is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales, situated approximately four miles to the south-west of Aran Fawddwy. It is one of the peaks in the Dyfi hills, a subgroup of the Cadair Idris group.
2.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Foel Hafod-fynydd, Snowdonia National Park
63 min walk • Foel Hafod-fynydd is a subsidiary summit of Aran Fawddwy in southern Snowdonia, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom. It tops the east ridge of Erw y Ddafad-ddu. Creiglyn Dyfi nestles in the bowl between Foel Hafod-fynydd and Aran Fawddwy. The summit is grassy marked by a few stones.
1.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pen y Brynfforchog, Snowdonia National Park
38 min walk • Pen y Brynfforchog is subsidiary summit of Glasgwm in North Wales forming part of the Aran range in southern Snowdonia. It is separated from Glasgwm by the pass, Bwlch y Fign. The summit is bare and marked by a few stones.
2.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Gwaun Lydan, Snowdonia National Park
63 min walk • Gwaun Lydan is the top of Aran Fawddwy in the south of the Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd, Wales. It is located at the end of the south ridge. The summit comprises a small boggy plateau, the highest point being a peat hag marked by a few stones. The summit panorama includes the eastern face of Aran Fawddwy with Creiglyn Dyfi below.

Glasgwm, Snowdonia National Park

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Glasgwm – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)