Moel Tryfan
Moel Tryfan is a small mountain near the villages of Rhosgadfan, Y Fron and Betws Garmon, in northern Gwynedd. The higher and more famous peak of Tryfan above Dyffryn Ogwen has also sometimes been referred to as "Moel Tryfan" in the past.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,407 feet
- Description: hill (429m) in Gwynedd
- Also known as: “Mount Tryfan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Llyn Ffynhonnau and Mynydd Mawr.
Mynydd Mawr
Peak
Photo: Stemonitis, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Mynydd Mawr is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales, approximately 7 km west of Snowdon itself, overlooking Llyn Cwellyn and being the northern outlier of the Moel Hebog group.
Waunfawr railway station
Railway station
Photo: Herbert Ortner, CC BY 3.0.
Waunfawr is a station on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway, which was built in 1877 as the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Moel Tryfan Undertaking, to carry dressed slate to Dinas Junction on the London and North Western Railway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rhosgadfan and Y Fron.
Rhosgadfan
Village
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rhosgadfan is a Welsh village in the county of Gwynedd, formerly part of the historic county of Caernarfonshire, and within the community of Llanwnda. It is notable as the birthplace of Kate Roberts, one of the greatest Welsh-language writers of the 20th century; her childhood home is now a museum.
Y Fron
Village
Photo: Chris Andrews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Y Fron, also known locally as Cesarea, after the chapel, is a country village on the south-west side of Moel Tryfan, overlooking the Nantlle Valley, in North Wales, near Rhosgadfan and Carmel, on the tail of Mynydd Mawr, with epic views of Trum Y Ddysgl and Craig Cwm Silyn.
Carmel
Village
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carmel is a small village near Y Fron in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The village is built up mainly of Victorian homes, with a more modern area. The village contains a number of chapels, which are gradually closing down and some being converted into homes.
Moel Tryfan
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Betws Garmon, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.08223° or 53° 4′ 56″ northLongitude
-4.21828° or 4° 13′ 6″ westElevation
1,407 feet (429 metres)Open location code
9C5Q3QJJ+VMOpenStreetMap ID
node 3498123558OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Moel Tryfan” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Moel Tryfan”
- Dutch: “Moel Tryfan”
- Swedish: “Moel Tryfan”
- Welsh: “Moel Tryfan”
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Localities in the Area
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