Snowdonia National Park was established in 1951 as the third National Park in Britain, following the Peak District and the Lake District. It covers 827 square miles (2,140 km2), and has 37 miles (60 km) of coastline. The English name for the area derives from Snowdon, which is the highest mountain in Wales at 3,560 ft (1,085 m).
Many of the hikers in the area concentrate on...