Moel Ysgyfarnogod

About Moel Ysgyfarnogod

Moel Ysgyfarnogod, whose Welsh name means bare hill of the hares, is the northernmost of the Rhinogydd, with Rhinog Fawr directly to the south. It looks over Llyn Trawsfynydd, and Porthmadog and Blaenau Ffestiniog are both visible from the 623 m top. Approaches run from Trawsfynydd on the east side or Talsarnau on the west.

North-west of the summit, among moorland and rocky outcrops, stands Bryn Cader Faner, an ancient stone circle with rocky standing stones set around its circumference. It ranks among the finest Bronze Age cairns in Britain.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Moel Ysgyfarnogod (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.

Access rights here

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 52.892, -3.996. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is large cairn by trig point. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method

obvious summit

Record revised

23-Oct-23

Drop measured from

SH658299 · 441 m

Classification history: Dropped from Trail 100 list Jan 2020.

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

Long-distance paths past this hill

One waymarked long-distance route runs within 2.5 km of the summit — useful if you are linking this hill into a longer walk, or want a made path for the approach.

Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the summit computed by OpenFell.

Reaching Moel Ysgyfarnogod 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.

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).

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.

The Moel Ysgyfarnogod group

6 other listed summits sit in the same prominence group, with Moel Ysgyfarnogod as the independent hill at its head.

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