Mynydd Hiraethog is an upland region in Conwy

Conwy (county borough)

Conwy County Borough is a unitary authority area in North Wales.-Geography:It contains the major settlements of Llandudno, Llandudno Junction, Llanrwst, Betws-y-Coed, Conwy, Colwyn Bay, Abergele, Penmaenmawr and Llanfairfechan, and has a total population of about 110,000.The River Conwy, after...

 and Denbighshire

Denbighshire

Denbighshire is a county in north-east Wales. It is named after the historic county of Denbighshire, but has substantially different borders. Denbighshire has the distinction of being the oldest inhabited part of Wales. Pontnewydd Palaeolithic site has remains of Neanderthals from 225,000 years...

 in north-east Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

. It includes the large reservoir Llyn Brenig

Llyn Brenig

Llyn Brenig is a reservoir located in North Wales, in the heart of the Denbigh Moors, on the border between the counties of Conwy and Denbighshire...

 and the Clocaenog Forest

Clocaenog Forest

Clocaenog Forest is in West Denbighshire/Conwy, Wales on Mynydd Hiraethog.It is 40 square miles in extent, mostly coniferous softwoods under the control of the Forestry Commission. It was planted in 1905 on what was mostly moorland and many hill farms. It is a highland region, mostly above 350...

, which has one of Wales's last populations of red squirrel

Red Squirrel

The red squirrel or Eurasian red squirrel is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus common throughout Eurasia...

s. Its highest point is Mwdwl-eithin

Mwdwl-eithin

Mwdwl-eithin is a gently rising mountain about east of Betws-y-Coed lying on the Denbigh Moors of North Wales reaching a height of . On its summit is a trig point and a ruined building which still provides shelter against a storm...

, at 532 metres (1,745.4 ft) above sea level, making it higher than Exmoor

Exmoor

Exmoor is an area of hilly open moorland in west Somerset and north Devon in South West England, named after the main river that flows out of the district, the River Exe. The moor has given its name to a National Park, which includes the Brendon Hills, the East Lyn Valley, the Vale of Porlock and ...

. On its western edge, overlooking the Conwy Valley, lies the Moel Maelogan

Moel Maelogan

thumb|300px|right|The first 3 turbines at Moel MaeloganMoel Maelogan is a hill on the western edge of Mynydd Hiraethog in north Wales, and overlooking the Conwy Valley...

wind farm.