Y Garn (Rhinogydd)

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For other hills of the same name, see Y Garn.

Y Garn
Elevation 629 m
Location Gwynedd, Flag of Wales Wales
Range Snowdonia
Prominence c. 315 m
OS grid reference SH702230
Listing Marilyn, Hewitt, Nuttall
Translation the cairn (Welsh)
Pronunciation [ɐ gæɾn]

Y Garn is a mountain in the southern Snowdonia, Wales, north of Dolgellau. It is an outlier of the Rhinogydd range, rising above the Coed-y-Brenin forest and the Rhaeadr Du waterfalls. An abandoned gold mine lies on its eastern slopes.