Y Garn
Y Garn is a top of Mynydd Drws-y-Coed in Snowdonia, north Wales and is the easterly end of the Nantlle Ridge. It has steep north-facing cliffs, the summit area being the highest point on a broad rocky plateau.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mynydd Drws-y-Coed and Trum y Ddysgl.
Mynydd Drws-y-Coed
Peak
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
Mynydd Drws-y-Coed is a peak on the Nantlle Ridge in Snowdonia, north Wales. It is located at the easterly end of the ridge, and is a subsidiary summit of Trum y Ddysgl.
Trum y Ddysgl
Peak
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Trum y Ddysgl is a mountain in Snowdonia, north Wales and is the second highest summit on the Nantlle Ridge. It is also one half of the two Marilyns that make up the ridge, the other being Craig Cwm Silyn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rhyd Ddu and Nantlle.
Rhyd Ddu
Rhyd-ddu is a small village in Snowdonia, North Wales which is a starting point for walks up Snowdon, Moel Hebog, Yr Aran and the Nantlle Ridge. It lies on the A4085 between Beddgelert and Caernarfon, at its junction with the B4418 to Nantlle and Penygroes. Rhyd Ddu railway station is one of the stops on the Welsh Highland Railway between Caernarfon and Porthmadog.
Nantlle
Village
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Nantlle is a small village in the slate quarrying Nantlle Valley in Gwynedd, Wales. It lies on the north shore of Llyn Nantlle Uchaf and is part of the community of Llanllyfni. The population was 228 in 2011 with 42% born in England.
Y Fron
Village
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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.
Y Garn
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,077 feet
- Description: hill (633m) in Gwynedd
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Llanllyfni, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.05141° or 53° 3′ 5″ northLongitude
-4.16252° or 4° 9′ 45″ westElevation
2,077 feet (633 metres)Open location code
9C5Q3R2P+HXOpenStreetMap ID
node 333567315OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Y Garn” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Y Garn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل واى جارن”
- Welsh: “Y Garn”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Y Garn”. Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.