Maenan is served by Dolgarrog railway station, part of the Conwy Valley Line.

The path to the view point starts from the old Ysgol Maenan school building.

The celebrated Welsh children's author Mary Vaughan Jones was born at Nant y Pryfaid, now known as Firs Cottage.

Most of Maenan's meadow land forms part of the Afon Conwy flood plain.

Legend states that this viewpoint was the chair of the giant Ifan Goch, and it is currently owned by the National Trust.

The path up to the viewpoint crosses through a privately owned woodland being managed as a nature reserve.