The Park Outline
Snowdonia National Park was established in 1951 and is the second largest of the 11 National Parks in England and Wales. The Park covers 2,132 square km (823 square miles) and stretches from Cardigan Bay's High Water Mark in the west, to the Conwy Valley in the east and from the River Dyfi and its estuary in the south to the coast of Conwy Bay as far as Conwy in the north.
Geology
The complex and diverse geology of Snowdonia has done much to shape the present landscape. Great mountain ranges have been pushed up out of the oceans only to be slowly eroded away. Volcanic rocks have produced distinctive features on Snowdon, Cadair Idris, the Glyderau, the Carneddau and Arenig.
The Mountains
Snowdonia has some of the most spectacular mountain scenery in England and Wales with Snowdon in the North and Cadair Idris in the South. Snowdon is the highest mountain in England and Wales at 1,085m and in Welsh is known as "Yr Wyddfa". In all there are more than 90 summits over 2,000 feet and 15 0ver 3,000.
