Guide to The Lord of the Rings/Places/Eriador

Guide to The Lord of the Rings – Place
Eriador
Location	Northwest Middle-Earth
Residents	Men, Hobbits and Elves
First Appearance	The Hobbit

Eriador is a large region in northwestern Middle-Earth between the Blue Mountains and the Misty Mountains.

Regions of Eriador

These are subregions in Eriador.

• The Shire
• Bree-land
• Angmar
• Dunland
• Enedwaith
• Eregion
• Ettenmoors
• Lone-lands
• North Downs
• Trollshaws

Geography

Eriador is a region of Middle-Earth that is filled with different landscapes, from plains to forests to mountains. The Weather Hills are a very barren and rocky landscape while the nearby Midgewater Marshes are quite the opposite. Eriador doesn't have as many trees as you would expect, in the past, Men cleared the forests for farming and the forests never recovered. Most of the trees are to be found in the Shire, Bree-land and the Trollshaws.