Elan Valley
- Depth
- 289 m
- Rim
- 489 m
- Length
- 6.3 km
- Tonight
- 5°CLight rain · Wind 21 km/h W
Elan Valley is up to 289 m deep: the rim reaches 489 m and the floor 185 m, along 6.3 km.
All facts
- Floor
- 185 m
Depth of Elan Valley
Up to 289 m deep (typically 210 m) along the 6.3 km in view.
Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km. Centreline follows the river (no mapped valley line).
Elan Valley 3D map
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Elan Valley terrain and contours
20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Elan Valley elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Elan Valley weather
Tonight · Light rain · 5°C (41°F) · 0.6 mm · Wind 21 km/h W
Elan Valley forecast for about 489 m.
- Tonight5°0.6 mm21 km/h W
- Today5°12°29.4 mm50 km/h W
- Sun5°8°3.5 mm44 km/h W
- Mon6°13°15.7 mm38 km/h SW
- Tue7°9°3.6 mm38 km/h SW
- Wed8°11°1.0 mm25 km/h W
- Thu8°11°0.2 mm16 km/h S
- Fri7°10°7.3 mm20 km/h SE
- Sat4°8°0.3 mm18 km/h NW
- Sun3°6°0.7 mm23 km/h NW
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.
Camping & parking near Elan Valley
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Elan Valley, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.6 km WNW
Nearest campsite
Elan Oaks
All mapped places 5
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.6 km WNW |
| Parking | 0.8 km W |
| Parking | 0.8 km W |
| Elan OaksCampsite | 2.7 km NE |
| Wyeside Caravan & Camping ParkCampsite | 6.9 km NE |
Slope
Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 76% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 3.8% of the 144 km² view
- Relief in view
- 447 m low point 154 m
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 6 km of Elan Valley.
Summit list 8
- 1Carn Gafallt466 m 1.1 km SSW
- 2Allt-goch458 m 2.7 km SSW
- 3Cefn Rhydoldog486 m 2.9 km NNW
- 4Moelfryn Mawr504 m 2.9 km NW
- 5Craig Ddu464 m 3.6 km NNW
- 6Crugyn Ci533 m 3.7 km NNW
- 7Gro Hill437 m 4.0 km SW
- 8Crugyn Gwyddel524 m 4.1 km NW
Where Elan Valley sits
- Region
- Wales60United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Nearby places
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- Terrain
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- 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)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- 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)