Lake Vyrnwy
- Area
- 4.39 km²
- Tonight
- 6°CCloudy · Wind 21 km/h W
Lake Vyrnwy is a lake at 251 m above sea level in Wales, United Kingdom, 4.39 km² in area and 7.0 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 251 m
- Length
- 7.0 km
- Shoreline
- 17.3 km
Lake Vyrnwy in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 17.3 km≈4¼ h to walk around
Lake Vyrnwy 3D map
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Lake Vyrnwy 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.
Lake Vyrnwy elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Vyrnwy weather
Tonight · Cloudy · 6°C (43°F) · 0.2 mm · Wind 21 km/h W
Lake Vyrnwy forecast for about 251 m.
- Tonight6°0.2 mm21 km/h W
- Today6°13°33.0 mm42 km/h W
- Sun7°9°3.1 mm41 km/h W
- Mon7°14°15.5 mm37 km/h SW
- Tue8°11°7.6 mm37 km/h SW
- Wed10°11°2.9 mm24 km/h W
- Thu8°10°0.5 mm14 km/h S
- Fri8°11°9.5 mm18 km/h SE
- Sat5°10°0.4 mm18 km/h NW
- Sun4°7°1.7 mm22 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 Lake Vyrnwy
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Vyrnwy, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Old Village Car Park
Nearest caravan site
4.5 km SSE
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.1 km E |
| Old Village Car ParkParking | 1.1 km E |
| Parking | 3.2 km ESE |
| Caravan site | 4.5 km SSE |
| Fronheulog Caravan ParkCaravan site | 6.0 km ESE |
| Caravan site | 6.7 km SSE |
Slope
Share of the 9 × 9 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 76% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 4.2% of the 81 km² view
- Relief in view
- 428 m low point 170 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 4.5 km of Lake Vyrnwy.
Summit list 4
- 1Moel Y Nant560 m 2.6 km NNW
- 2Rhwng y Ddwynant588 m 3.7 km NNW
- 3Allt yr Eryr544 m 3.8 km WNW
- 4Bryn Mawr534 m 4.1 km W
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.5 km; 169 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Eurasian Siskin44
- Common Chaffinch36
- Eurasian Nuthatch16
- Eurasian Blue Tit11
- Great Spotted Woodpecker9
- Ring-necked Pheasant7
Where Lake Vyrnwy 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)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)