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Llyn Geirionydd
- Area
- 0.25 km²
- Tonight
- 6°CCloudy · Wind 19 km/h W
Llyn Geirionydd is a lake at 187 m above sea level in Wales, United Kingdom, 0.25 km² in area and 1.3 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 187 m
- Length
- 1.3 km
- Shoreline
- 3.1 km
Llyn Geirionydd in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 3.1 km≈45 min to walk around
Llyn Geirionydd 3D map
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Llyn Geirionydd 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.
Llyn Geirionydd elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Llyn Geirionydd weather
Tonight · Cloudy · 6°C (43°F) · 0.3 mm · Wind 19 km/h W
Llyn Geirionydd forecast for about 187 m.
- Tonight6°0.3 mm19 km/h W
- Today7°13°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 near Llyn Geirionydd
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Llyn Geirionydd, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.4 km S
Nearest campsite
Cornel Scout Campsite
Nearest caravan site
Gwydyr View Lodge Park
Nearest hut
Gwydyr Mountain Club Hut
All mapped places 12
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.4 km S |
| Parking | 0.5 km S |
| Parking | 0.5 km S |
| Cornel Scout CampsiteCampsite | 1.8 km WSW |
| Gwydyr View Lodge ParkCaravan site | 2.8 km NE |
| Glyn Farm CaravansCaravan site | 2.8 km NE |
| Caravan site | 2.8 km NE |
| Campsite | 2.9 km NE |
| Campsite | 4.1 km E |
| Gwydyr Mountain Club HutHut | 5.0 km SSW |
| HelygHut | 7.3 km W |
| DulynHut | 8.0 km NW |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 65% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 6.5% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 500 m low point 3 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.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 226 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Round-leaved sundew11
- Fly Agaric9
- European Common Frog6
- Common Butterwort6
- Eurasian Silver-bordered Fritillary5
- Oak Eggar5
Where Llyn Geirionydd sits
- Range
- Cambrian Mountains19Snowdonia15
- Region
- Wales60United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Nearby places
Llyn CrafnantLake · 188 m↑1.4 km W
Llyn CowlydLake↑4.5 km W
Llyn EigiauLake↑5.8 km N
Llynnau MymbyrLake↑6.5 km SW
Llyn DulynLake↑8.4 km NW
More in the Snowdonia 6
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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)