Stac Rhos
Stac Rhos is a top of Pen y Boncyn Trefeilw in north east Wales. It forms a part of the Berwyn range called the Hirnantau. The views from the summit are extensive, if unremarkable due to the featureless, flat moorland surroundings.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Pen y Boncyn Trefeilw and Cefn Gwyntog.
Pen y Boncyn Trefeilw
Peak
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Pen y Boncyn Trefeilw is a subsidiary summit of Cyrniau Nod in north east Wales. It forms a part of the Berwyn range called the Hirnantau. It has two tops: Stac Rhos and Pen y Cerrig Duon.
Cefn Gwyntog
Peak
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Cefn Gwyntog is a top of Cyrniau Nod in north east Wales. It forms a part of the Berwyn range known as the Hirnantau. Its summit lies just outside the Snowdonia National Park.
Foel Cedig
Peak
Foel Cedig is a Marilyn on the Gwynedd/ Powys border in north Wales. In 2018 it replaced Cyrniau Nod as the Marilyn for this area. It is located a very short distance from Cyrniau Nod. This has led to peak baggers having to recomplete.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rhos-y-gwaliau and Llangynog.
Rhos-y-gwaliau
Hamlet
Photo: Dewi, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rhos-y-gwaliau is a small hamlet in Meirionnydd, Gwynedd, North Wales, about 1.5 miles south-east of Bala. It is home to the Rhos y Gwaliau Outdoor Activity Centre and a now disused Victorian chapel, built for the Calvinistic Methodists. Rhos-y-gwaliau is situated 4½ miles north of Stac Rhos.
Llangynog
Village
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Llangynog is a village and community at the confluence of the Afon Eirth and the Afon Tanat at the foot of the Berwyn range in north Powys, Wales. It lies at the foot of the Milltir Cerrig mountain pass on the B4391 road, which runs between Llan Ffestiniog and Llanfyllin. Llangynog is situated 5 miles east of Stac Rhos.
Bala
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bala is a picturesque town of 2,000 people on the shores of Lake Bala in Gwynedd, North Wales. It lies at the south-eastern edge of the Snowdonia National Park. Excellent national centre for white water rafting and canoeing nearby.
Stac Rhos
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,067 feet
- Description: hill (630m) in Gwynedd
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Llangywer, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.83833° or 52° 50′ 18″ northLongitude
-3.53169° or 3° 31′ 54″ westElevation
2,067 feet (630 metres)Open location code
9C4RRFQ9+88OpenStreetMap ID
node 29750700OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Stac Rhos” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Stac Rhos”
- Welsh: “Stac Rhos”
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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 “Stac Rhos”. Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.