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Carnedd Llewelyn
- Easiest route
- 4.7 km+528 m · about 2 h · T1
- Prominence
- 749 m2,456 ft
- Isolation
- 12 km
- Tonight
- 1°CCloudy · Wind 30 km/h W
Carnedd Llewelyn is a 1,062 m (3,484 ft) mountain in the Snowdonia, Wales, United Kingdom.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,062 m · 3,484 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Carnedd Ugain (1,065 m)
- Range
- Snowdonia
- Region
- Wales, United Kingdom
- Protected area
- Eryri National Park
- Coordinates
- 53.1610° N, 3.9706° W
How to get to the top of Carnedd Llewelyn
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 4.1 km NE of Carnedd Llewelyn
- Distance
- 4.7 kmone way
- Climb
- +528 m−5 m (1,732 ft up)
- Time up
- about 2 h
- Difficulty
- T1Easy trail, trainers are fine
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Carnedd Llewelyn 3D map
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Carnedd Llewelyn terrain and contours
25 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Carnedd Llewelyn weather
Tonight · Cloudy · 1°C (34°F) · 0.3 mm · Wind 30 km/h W
Carnedd Llewelyn forecast for the summit, about 1,062 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 222 m.
- Tonight1°0.3 mm30 km/h WBase 6°
- Today2°8°18.6 mm60 km/h WBase 7 / 13°
- Sun3°4°1.0 mm58 km/h WBase 7 / 9°
- Mon3°7°13.6 mm41 km/h SBase 8 / 12°
- Tue4°6°5.9 mm42 km/h SWBase 8 / 11°
- Wed5°7°0.2 mm26 km/h SWBase 9 / 12°
- Thu4°7°0.1 mm15 km/h SBase 9 / 11°
- Fri4°8°4.8 mm12 km/h SEBase 9 / 12°
- Sat1°5°5.0 mm17 km/h NWBase 6 / 10°
- Sun0°1°17.4 mm18 km/h NWBase 4 / 6°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Carnedd Llewelyn
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Carnedd Llewelyn, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Dulyn
Nearest parking
4.1 km SSW
Nearest campsite
Gwern Gof Uchaf Campsite
Nearest caravan site
Bryn Llys Caravan Site
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| DulynHut | 2.9 km NE |
| Parking | 4.1 km SSW |
| Parking | 4.2 km SSW |
| Gwern Gof Uchaf CampsiteCampsite | 4.2 km SSW |
| Gwern Gôf Isaf Campsite & BunkhousesCampsite | 4.3 km S |
| HelygHut | 4.4 km SSE |
| Parking | 4.5 km WSW |
| YHA IdwalCampsite | 5.3 km SW |
| Bryn Llys Caravan SiteCaravan site | 6.6 km WNW |
How steep is the route to Carnedd Llewelyn?
The easiest mapped route, 4.8 km from 531 m to 1,062 m. Steepest stretch: 20°.
- 0–15°4.4 km
- 15–30°0.3 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 60 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3.5 km, measured from the Carnedd Llewelyn summit.
Summit list 8
- 1Yr Elen962 m 1.2 km WNW
- 2Craig Llugwy910 m 1.5 km SSW
- 3Foel Grach976 m 1.5 km NNE
- 4Pen yr Helgi Du833 m 2.1 km SE
- 5Garnedd Uchaf926 m 2.5 km N
- 6Carnedd Dafydd1,044 m 2.5 km SW
- 7Yr Aryg876 m 2.9 km N
- 8Carnedd Fach960 m 3.4 km SW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.5 km; 104 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- English Stonecrop10
- Parsley fern7
- Northern firmoss6
- Hairy Kidney-wort6
- Roseroot5
- Round-leaved sundew4
Where Carnedd Llewelyn sits
- Range
- Cambrian Mountains19Snowdonia15
- Region
- Wales60United Kingdom371Europe2,143
- Protected area
- Eryri National Park5
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Llyn DulynLake↑2.7 km NE
Llyn OgwenLake↑4.5 km SSW
Ogwen Valley↑4.5 km SSW
Llyn CowlydLake↑4.7 km SE
Nant Ffrancon Pass312 m↑4.9 km WSW
More in the Snowdonia 6
Carnedd Llewelyn downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,059 m at the summit; the official height is 1,062 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,062 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,059 m | -2 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,058 m | -4 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-15)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia