Summit Register

Hewitt · Gwynedd, Wales

Cadair Idris – Penygadair

892.7 m

2,929 ftDrop 606 mSH 711 130

Finder: 31 Hewitts in Gwynedd

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCadair Idris – Penygadair892.7Tarren y Gesail666.9Tarrenhendre633.8Y Garn629Maesglase678.5
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCadair Idris – Penygadair892.7Tarren y Gesail666.9Tarrenhendre633.8
Looking north, 3126 km wide, heights ×915 (method).

Cadair Idris – Penygadair is a Hewitt of 892.7 m in Gwynedd. Only eight of the register's Wales hills are higher.

It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Maesglase, reaches 678.5 m. It stands 225.8 m above its nearest neighbour, Tarren y Gesail, 7.1 km to the south. In the database's Dolgellau to Machynlleth region it is the highest of four register hills, above Maesglase, Tarren y Gesail and Tarrenhendre. The summit is marked by a trig point.

To scale

Summit892.7 mKey col286.7 mdrop 606 msea level
Key col SH 7568 1391, 4.7 km east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

892.7 m9th highest of 56 in Wales

Drop

606 m115th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

17.8 km74th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Tarren y Gesail7.1 km south
    666.9 m
  2. 2
    Tarrenhendre9.3 km south
    633.8 m
  3. 3
    Y Garn10.0 km north
    629 m
  4. 4
    Maesglase10.8 km east
    678.5 m
1234Tarren y GesailTarrenhendreY GarnMaesglaseN5 km

Lists

  • 22nd highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 17th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here
  • 253rd highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Aran Fawddwy, 905.6 m, 17.8 km north-east
Region
30F: Dolgellau to Machynlleth
OS map
124
Summit
Rock near trig point
DoBIH no.
2137
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Cadair Idris - Penygadair

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). What prominence (drop) means, with real figures