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Lake · Wales

Llyn Llydaw

433 m1,421 ft
Max depth
58 m
Tonight
5°CCloudy · Wind 18 km/h W

Llyn Llydaw is a lake at 433 m above sea level in Wales, United Kingdom.

All facts
Surface elevation
433 m
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3D map

Llyn Llydaw 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Llyn Llydaw 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.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Llyn Llydaw elevation profile

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Weather

Llyn Llydaw weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 5°C (41°F) · 0.4 mm · Wind 18 km/h W

Llyn Llydaw forecast for about 433 m.

  • Tonight5°0.4 mm18 km/h W
  • Today6°12°31.5 mm50 km/h W
  • Sun6°8°3.3 mm43 km/h W
  • Mon7°13°22.6 mm39 km/h SW
  • Tue7°10°8.7 mm41 km/h SW
  • Wed8°11°1.1 mm24 km/h SW
  • Thu8°10°0.7 mm14 km/h S
  • Fri8°11°3.1 mm13 km/h SE
  • Sat5°9°2.5 mm15 km/h NW
  • Sun3°5°10.0 mm17 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 Llydaw

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

  • Nearest parking

    Pen y Pass

    2.2 km NE · +2 more within 2.4 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest hut

    Ynys Ettws

    2.5 km NNW · +2 more within 5.1 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Llyn Gwynant Campsite

    2.7 km SE · +2 more within 4.6 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest trailhead

    Start of Llanberis Path (Snowdon)

    7.1 km NW

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 10
PlaceDistance
Pen y PassParking2.2 km NE
Parking2.4 km N
Parking2.4 km N
Ynys EttwsHut2.5 km NNW
Llyn Gwynant CampsiteCampsite2.7 km SE
Cwm Glas MawrHut2.8 km NNW
Macs Pebyll Hafod Y LlanCampsite3.0 km S
Pritchard's CampsiteCampsite4.6 km NNW
FronwydyrHut5.1 km NNW
Start of Llanberis Path (Snowdon)Trailhead7.1 km NW
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°
25.8%
Moderate, 15–30°
42.8%
Steep, 30–45°
26.8%
Cliffs, 45° and over
4.6%
Steeper than 30°
31.4% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
957 m low point 66 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 88.9%Trees 5.9%Water 4.1%Bare rock / sparse 1.0%

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 Llydaw.

NESW1 km2 km123
Summit list 3
  1. 1Crib Goch923 m 1.2 km NW
  2. 2Y Lliwedd (East Peak)893 m 1.4 km SW
  3. 3Y Lliwedd (West Peak)898 m 1.5 km SW
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 128 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Bell Heather17
  • English Stonecrop16
  • Common Butterwort14
  • Parsley fern12
  • Bog asphodel12
  • Domestic Goat12
Where it sits

Where Llyn Llydaw sits

Range
Cambrian Mountains19Snowdonia15
Region
Wales60United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Protected area
Eryri National Park5
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Snowdonia 6
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Downloads

Llyn Llydaw 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
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