Wales · Eryri National Park

Mynydd Drws-y-coed

HewittNuttallTrail 100Simm

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Mynydd Drws-y-coed, 695 m, Gwynedd
Mynydd Drws-y-coed, 695 m, Gwynedd. Photo by Gabby77 (talk), Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Height
695 m · 2,280 ft
Grid reference
SH 54894 51820
Coordinates
53.04389, -4.16598
County / area
Gwynedd
Region
Snowdonia
OS Landranger
115
OS Explorer
OL17W 254
Summit feature
no feature: grass
Key col
SH547516 (637 m)

About Mynydd Drws-y-coed

Mynydd Drws-y-Coed occupies the eastern end of the Nantlle Ridge and is a subsidiary summit of Trum y Ddysgl. Steep cliffs fall away to the west, and the summit area is the high point of a thin ridge.

The western side is rocky and airy, with scrambling required to reach the top and exposure along parts of the crest.

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

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

Sunrise
Sunset
Daylight
Civil twilight ends

Computed astronomically for 53.044, -4.166. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (695 m)…

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

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.

RouteTotal lengthFrom summit
Snowdonia Slate Trail 135 km 1.6 km

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

Which hill this one belongs to

Mynydd Drws-y-coed is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Trum y Ddysgl (710 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 637 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
Trum y Ddysgl 709.7 m 0.4 km
Y Garn 633 m 0.9 km
Mynydd Tal-y-mignedd 653 m 1.4 km
Craig Cwm Silyn 734 m 2.8 km
Mynydd Mawr 698 m 3 km
Moel Lefn 638 m 3.3 km