Pass · United Kingdom

Horseshoe Pass

487 m1,598 ft

Connects: Llandynan – Bryneglwys
Tonight: 4°CPartly cloudy · Wind 20 km/h W

Horseshoe Pass is a mountain pass at 487 m in United Kingdom. It links Llandynan and Bryneglwys.

All facts

Saddle: 487 m
Lowest point: 95 m / 240 m

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Pass

Horseshoe Pass: the climb from each side

Crossed by: a mapped trail

Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.

3D map

Horseshoe Pass 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Horseshoe Pass 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.

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Horseshoe Pass elevation profile

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Weather

Horseshoe Pass weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 4°C (39°F) · Wind 20 km/h W

Horseshoe Pass forecast for about 487 m.

Tonight4°–20 km/h W
Today5°12°14.8 mm43 km/h W
Sun4°7°0.7 mm40 km/h W
Mon5°13°6.0 mm33 km/h SW
Tue7°10°3.3 mm32 km/h SW
Wed9°11°0.4 mm25 km/h W
Thu7°10°0.2 mm14 km/h S
Fri7°10°11.2 mm22 km/h SE
Sat4°9°0.8 mm19 km/h W
Sun3°5°6.6 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

Camping & parking near Horseshoe Pass

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Horseshoe Pass, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
0.8 km ENE
+2 more within 1.4 km
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Nearest campsite
Abbey Farm
3.3 km SE · +2 more within 4.9 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 6

Place	Distance
Parking	0.8 km ENE
Parking	1.3 km N
Parking	1.4 km NNE
Abbey FarmCampsite	3.3 km SE
Llyn Rhys CampsiteCampsite	4.8 km NNE
Penddol Farm Caravan ParkCampsite	4.9 km SSE

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 72% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

72.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

24.5%

Steep, 30–45°

3.5%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 3.5% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 491 m low point 82 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 78.4%Trees 20.2%Cropland 0.7%Built-up 0.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4 km of Horseshoe Pass.

Summit list 7

1Moel y Faen548 m 0.6 km ENE
2Moel y Gamelin577 m 0.9 km SSW
3Moel y Gaer504 m 1.6 km SW
4Maesyrychen Mountain421 m 1.8 km SSE
5Moel Morfydd549 m 2.6 km SW
6Foel Eglwyseg433 m 2.8 km E
7Cyrn y Brain565 m 3.2 km ENE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 197 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Common bilberry5
Greater stitchwort5
Chicken of the woods4
Red campion4
Hogweed4
Common Buzzard4

Where it sits

Where Horseshoe Pass sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Llyn CelynLake32 km WSW

Downloads

Horseshoe Pass downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGHorseshoe Pass satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-15.

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GIS & GPS

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Sources

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)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · Wikipedia

Horseshoe Pass

West → east through the centre

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite