Moel Smytho

Moel Smytho is a peak in Betws Garmon, Gwynedd, Wales and has an elevation of 1,122 feet. Moel Smytho is situated nearby to the village Rhosgadfan, as well as near Waunfawr.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Waunfawr railway station and Moel Tryfan.

Waunfawr railway station

Railway station

Photo: Herbert Ortner, CC BY 3.0.

Waunfawr is a station on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway, located to the south of the village of the same name. It was built in 1877 by the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways as part of their Moel Tryfan Undertaking, to carry dressed slate to Dinas Junction on the London and North Western Railway.

Moel Tryfan

Peak

Moel Tryfan is a small mountain near the villages of Rhosgadfan, Y Fron and Betws Garmon, in northern Gwynedd, Wales. The higher and more famous peak of Tryfan above Dyffryn Ogwen has also sometimes been referred to as "Moel Tryfan" in the past.

St Garmon’s Church

Church

Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rhosgadfan and Waunfawr.

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.

Waunfawr

Village

Photo: Ian Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Waunfawr is a village and community, 4 miles southeast of Caernarfon, in Gwynedd, Wales. It is located near Snowdonia.

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.

Moel Smytho

Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,122 feet
Category: landform
Location: Betws Garmon, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.09573° or 53° 5′ 45″ north

Longitude

-4.2104° or 4° 12′ 37″ west

Elevation

1,122 feet (342 metres)

Open location code

9C5Q3QWQ+7R

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3498125866

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

12619769

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