Ynys Tywyn is a small, wooded, rocky knoll offering good views of Porthmadog, the Cob embankment carrying the Ffestiniog Railway, the flood plain and Snowdonia`s mountains. There is a sheer cliff on one side from where rock was quarried for the building of the Cob. Below the hill is Llyn Bach, the flood control pool for the harbour. A path to the summit of Ynys Tywyn starts from opposite the entrance to the Ffestiniog Railway. Another path goes over the sluice gates and alongside Llyn Bach.
