Wales · Eryri National Park

Moel Morwynion

Height
518.4 m · 1,701 ft
Grid reference
SH 66367 30624
Coordinates
52.85645, -3.98621
County / area
Gwynedd
OS Landranger
124
OS Explorer
OL18W
Summit feature
SSE end of 30m rock ridge
Key col
SH665308 (461 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 52.856, -3.986. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (518 m)…

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

Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

cairn 18m NNW at SH 66355 30638 not highest point.

The recorded summit point is SSE end of 30m rock ridge. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
Abney level/Trimble GeoXH 6000
Record revised
23-Oct-23
Drop measured from
SH665308 · 461 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 Morwynion by train

2 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
Tygwyn7.5 kmSE of the station
Talsarnau7.7 kmSE 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 Morwynion
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Cafe Coed - Trawsfynydd Leisure VillageRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 55.4 km · E
Yr YsgwrnRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 57.2 km · NE
Ship AgroundPub/bar/nightclub5 out of 57.4 km · NW

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 Morwynion is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Moel Ysgyfarnogod (623 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 461 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
Craig Wion565.6 m1.3 km
Craig Llyn Du553 m1.3 km
Rhinog Fawr720 m1.7 km
Clip595 m2.5 km
Craig Ddrwg596 m2.6 km
Rhinog Fach711.6 m3.6 km