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Llyn Crafnant

183 m600 ft
Area
0.23 km²
Tonight
6°CCloudy · Wind 19 km/h W

Llyn Crafnant is a lake at 183 m above sea level in Wales, United Kingdom, 0.23 km² in area and 1.2 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
183 m
Length
1.2 km
Shoreline
2.7 km
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Lake

Llyn Crafnant in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

1.2 km longest200 mN ↑
Shoreline
2.7 km≈45 min to walk around
3D map

Llyn Crafnant 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Llyn Crafnant 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.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Llyn Crafnant elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Llyn Crafnant weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 6°C (43°F) · 0.3 mm · Wind 19 km/h W

Llyn Crafnant forecast for about 183 m.

  • Tonight6°0.3 mm19 km/h W
  • Today7°14°33.1 mm48 km/h W
  • Sun7°9°3.3 mm43 km/h W
  • Mon8°14°22.1 mm41 km/h SW
  • Tue8°11°10.1 mm41 km/h SW
  • Wed10°12°0.9 mm23 km/h W
  • Thu9°11°0.7 mm14 km/h S
  • Fri9°12°3.1 mm14 km/h S
  • Sat6°10°2.1 mm14 km/h NW
  • Sun5°6°11.1 mm15 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 Llyn Crafnant

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

  • Nearest campsite

    Cornel Scout Campsite

    0.5 km SSW · +2 more within 3.8 km

  • Nearest parking

    Llyn Crafnant - Parc Coedwig Gwydyr Forest Park

    1.1 km NE · +2 more within 1.5 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    Gwydyr View Lodge Park

    3.9 km ENE · +2 more within 3.9 km

  • Nearest hut

    Gwydyr Mountain Club Hut

    4.5 km SSW · +2 more within 6.9 km

All mapped places 12
PlaceDistance
Cornel Scout CampsiteCampsite0.5 km SSW
Llyn Crafnant - Parc Coedwig Gwydyr Forest ParkParking1.1 km NE
Parking1.5 km ESE
Parking1.5 km ESE
GwersylluCampsite3.8 km SW
DolgamCampsite3.8 km S
Gwydyr View Lodge ParkCaravan site3.9 km ENE
Glyn Farm CaravansCaravan site3.9 km ENE
Caravan site3.9 km ENE
Gwydyr Mountain Club HutHut4.5 km SSW
HelygHut5.8 km W
DulynHut6.9 km NW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 56% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
55.9%
Moderate, 15–30°
35.0%
Steep, 30–45°
8.4%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.8%
Steeper than 30°
9.2% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
591 m low point 73 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 50.9%Trees 43.8%Water 5.3%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 2 km of Llyn Crafnant.

NESW1 km2 km1234
Summit list 4
  1. 1Pen y Craig Gron500 m 1.5 km NNW
  2. 2Craiglwyn623 m 1.9 km W
  3. 3Moel Ddefaid570 m 2.0 km WSW
  4. 4Creigiau Gleision North Top634 m 2.0 km NW
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 131 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Round-leaved sundew5
  • Fly Agaric4
  • Heath rush4
  • Eurasian Silver-bordered Fritillary4
  • Common Redstart3
  • Castor Bean Tick3
Where it sits

Where Llyn Crafnant sits

Region
Wales60United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

Llyn Crafnant downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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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)
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)
Sources
Wikidata · Wikipedia