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Llyn Gwynant

66 m217 ft
Area
0.46 km²
Tonight
7°CCloudy · Wind 18 km/h W

Llyn Gwynant is a lake at 66 m above sea level in Wales, United Kingdom, 0.46 km² in area and 1.4 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
66 m
Length
1.4 km
Shoreline
3.5 km
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Lake

Llyn Gwynant in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

1.4 km longest200 mN ↑
Shoreline
3.5 km≈45 min to walk around
3D map

Llyn Gwynant 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Llyn Gwynant terrain and contours

50 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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Llyn Gwynant elevation profile

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Weather

Llyn Gwynant weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 7°C (45°F) · 0.2 mm · Wind 18 km/h W

Llyn Gwynant forecast for about 66 m.

  • Tonight7°0.2 mm18 km/h W
  • Today8°14°32.4 mm48 km/h W
  • Sun8°10°3.4 mm44 km/h W
  • Mon9°14°24.3 mm36 km/h SW
  • Tue10°12°9.3 mm44 km/h SW
  • Wed11°13°1.8 mm24 km/h SW
  • Thu10°12°1.0 mm14 km/h SE
  • Fri10°13°3.1 mm14 km/h SE
  • Sat7°11°1.2 mm15 km/h NW
  • Sun5°8°7.2 mm18 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 Gwynant

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.2 km SE

    +2 more within 0.3 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Llyn Gwynant Campsite

    0.6 km NE · +2 more within 5.8 km

  • Nearest hut

    Nantmor Mountain Centre

    3.9 km SSW · +2 more within 5.6 km

All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Parking0.2 km SE
Parking0.3 km S
Parking0.3 km ESE
Llyn Gwynant CampsiteCampsite0.6 km NE
Macs Pebyll Hafod Y LlanCampsite1.8 km WSW
Nantmor Mountain CentreHut3.9 km SSW
Ynys EttwsHut5.2 km NNW
Cwm Glas MawrHut5.6 km NNW
Cae Du CampsiteCampsite5.8 km SW
Slope

Slope

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

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
40.1%
Moderate, 15–30°
46.2%
Steep, 30–45°
12.9%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.8%
Steeper than 30°
13.7% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
799 m low point 55 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 69.3%Trees 27.6%Water 3.0%

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

Where it sits

Where Llyn Gwynant sits

Range
Cambrian Mountains19Snowdonia15
Region
Wales60United Kingdom371Europe2,143
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Downloads

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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)
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)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia