Wales · Eryri National Park

Moel Dyrnogydd

Height
524 m · 1,719 ft
Grid reference
SH 69548 49138
Coordinates
53.02357, -3.94645
County / area
Conwy
Region
Snowdonia
OS Landranger
115
OS Explorer
OL18E
Summit feature
rib of rock
Key col
SH695488 (458 m)

Access rights here

Conditional Right to roam: Right to roam only on mapped CRoW open access land.

Permission needed Wild camping: Permission needed everywhere.

General position for Wales — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in Wales ·check another location.

Daylight at this summit today

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Computed astronomically for 53.024, -3.946. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (524 m)…

Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is rib of rock. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
obvious summit
Record revised
10-Dec-12
Drop measured from
SH695488 · 458 m

Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.

Reaching Moel Dyrnogydd by train

3 National Rail stations sit within 8 km of the summit — close enough to make a car-free day of it. Distances are straight lines, not walking routes.

StationFrom summitSummit lies
Roman Bridge2.8 kmSW of the station
Blaenau Ffestiniog3.3 kmN of the station
Dolwyddelan5.2 kmSW of the station

Each station page lists every hill in its reach, long-distance paths from the door and a live-times link — see all stations with hills in reach. Station positions from NaPTAN (OGL v3.0).

Get food nearby

3 places to eat or drink within 10 km of the summit, rated under the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (Scotland runs its own Food Hygiene Information Scheme, a pass/fail equivalent).

Rated places to eat within 10 km of Moel Dyrnogydd
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Zip World Llechwedd CaffiRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 51.9 km · S
Kings HeadPub/bar/nightclub5 out of 53.1 km · S
Clwb Rygbi Bro Ffestiniog RugbyRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 53.1 km · S

Classifications and ratings are the local authority's own and can be coarse — this is a lead, not a guarantee of opening hours or that food is served to non-residents. Follow a name through to the official rating page to check, and confirm before you rely on it.

Food hygiene data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland (Open Government Licence v3.0). Distances and directions computed by OpenFell from the summit.

Which hill this one belongs to

Moel Dyrnogydd is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Allt-fawr (698 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 458 m.

Grouping is by prominence alone: a summit belongs to the nearest higher Marilyn it connects to without a deeper intervening col. Over a large massif that can gather hills no one would walk in a single day, and which few would describe as parts of the same mountain — it is a measure of independence, not a suggested route.

Nearest listed peaks

PeakHeightDistance
Moel Farlwyd575.7 m1.3 km
Allt-fawr697.9 m2.2 km
Moel Penamnen628.3 m2.2 km
Yr Arddu589 m2.7 km
Moel Druman676 m2.8 km
Craig Nyth-y-Gigfran554 m2.9 km