Rhinog Fawr in Eryri National Park

Sight · Eryri National Park

Rhinog Fawr

A rough-edged summit with big views and a wilder feel.

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Type
Sight
Nearest trail
2.9 km
Audio stories
1 nearby

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The Old Seabed of the Rhinogydd

Overview

About Rhinog Fawr

Why stop

  • Rugged scenery and a genuinely wild mountain feel

Heads up

  • Rough, indistinct ground demands confident navigation

Map

Where it is

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SightRhinog Fawr52.84189, -3.99557
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A park ranger sits on a dash-mounted phone, talking, as Parkwolf’s Tour Guide plays “Army Cutworm Moths: A Grizzly Bear Buffet” on Grand Loop Road below Dunraven Pass in Yellowstone
Parkwolf Tour GuideThe highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.

Eryri Tour Guide

Your drive to Rhinog Fawr, narrated.

Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Eryri National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.

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The Old Seabed of the Rhinogydd
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“Near Cwm Nantcol, the Rhinogydd can look like a pile of broken stone. Their core is older than many of Eryri's volcanic rocks.”

Plays on the road 2.9 km from Rhinog Fawr in the Parkwolf Eryri Tour Guide.

More stories near here in the app

  • Nantcol Waterfalls
  • The Stripes Above Nantcol
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  • 298 audio storiesacross Eryri’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
  • Wildlife heatmapsfor Grey Heron, Tawny Owl, Common Raven, and 9 more
  • Works offlinemaps, 120 trails, 82 places, and audio download before you lose signal
  • CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
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Wildlife

Wildlife in Eryri

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