Garn Wen
Mid Wales · Wales
Joint 75th highest of 125 in Mid Wales · 3.4 km from Llanwrtyd Wells
About Garn Wen
Garn Wen is a 511 m (1,677 ft) peak in Mid Wales, rising 74 m above the col that joins it to higher ground. It counts towards one hill list: Deweys.
Garn Wen is the joint 75th highest of the 125 summits Atlas lists in Mid Wales, and the joint 72nd by prominence. The nearest town is Llanwrtyd Wells, 3.4 km to the east.
The summit carries an Ordnance Survey trig pillar: second-order pillar, 512 m (OS station SN94S012). Atlas collects the pillar separately from the summit.
The nearest other summit is Mynydd Trawsnant (517 m), 3.4 km to the north-west.
Key facts
- Height
- 511 m 1,677 ft
- Prominence
- 74 m
- Region
- Mid Wales Wales
- Nearest summit
- Mynydd Trawsnant 3.4 km NW · 517 m
- Height rank
- Joint 75th of 125 Summits in Mid Wales
- Nearest town
- Llanwrtyd Wells 3.4 km E
- Trig pillar
- Second-order pillar, 512 m OS station SN94S012
- Hill lists
- 1 Deweys
Plan a walk
- Sugar Loaf station - 2 km south of the summit, as the crow flies
- Car park near Cynghordy - 3.2 km south of the summit, as the crow flies
Nearest station and car park in a straight line, not a route. Places from OS Open Names, stations from NaPTAN, car parks © OpenStreetMap contributors. Credits.
- Grid reference
- SN 845 459
- Coordinates
- 52.10003, -3.68743
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On one hill list
- Deweys - Joint 364th of 425 by height. Hills in England, Wales and the Isle of Man between 500 m and 2,000 ft (609.6 m) with at least 30 m of drop on every side.
Around Garn Wen
- Mynydd Trawsnant - 517 m · 3.4 km NW
- Cwm-Irfon - Trig point · 3.6 km N
- Carn Twrch - Trig point · 4.2 km W
- Brynffoi - Trig point · 4.5 km S
- Pen y Garn-goch - 487 m · 5.9 km NE
- Coed Nant-yr-hwch - 505 m · 9.9 km N
- Esgair Cloddiad - 532 m · 11.6 km N
- Mynydd Epynt [Mynydd Eppynt] - 476 m · 11.6 km E
- Mynydd Mallaen - 461 m · 12.3 km W
- Drygarn Fawr - 644 m · 12.6 km N
- Cefn y Cnwc - 527 m · 14.8 km NW
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