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Sailor's Hill

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Looking south-east from Sailor's Hill. Terrain and imagery at true elevation.

Sailor's Hill sits at 267 ft along the Wild Atlantic Way, facing 150° toward the south-southeast, with the land dropping 250 ft within 600 m of the overlook. The view takes in a stretch of low-lying coast to the east and east-southeast, including An Tráighín Álainn at 3.8 mi, An Trá Mhór at 3.9 mi, and The South Strand at 4.1 mi, all sitting near sea level. Farther along the same direction lie Traighín na mBó, An Cúl Tráígh, An Trá Bhán, and An Trá Bhán East, spread between 4.3 and 4.6 mi, along with two named features, The Bridge and Tobar Chuas an Uisce, both at 4.5–4.6 mi. Trá na gCruach appears at 4.8 mi to the east, and Trá Ciaráin lies farther out at 5.5 mi to the south-southeast, at 73 ft elevation. Sunrise and sunset times vary through the year, from a 05:21 sunrise at the June solstice to a 08:42 sunrise at the December solstice. Altar is the previous lookout on the route, with Lookout over Millcove next.

Access
0.9 mi detour
Elevation
267 ft
View
Southeast · 150°
Relief
250 ft drop
In view
11 named features
Long Island The pier. The island is still inhabited, but the population is down to 11.
Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Long Island Famed for its rowers, this , well, long island guards the entrance to Skull harbour. Taken from the sound between the mainland and the island.
Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Heron on the lookout Schull harbours resident heron or so it seemed standing guard.
Andrew Wood · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Schull Church including two crosses.
NutterguyIrl · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Schull (Co. Cork, Ireland) Main Street
Kondephy · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
The Bunratty Inn
Andrew Wood · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

What you’re looking at

Named terrain inside the view from this overlook, nearest first.

  • An Tráighín Álainn16 fteast-southeast · 3.8 mi
  • An Trá Mhór32 fteast-southeast · 3.9 mi
  • The South Strand31 fteast · 4.1 mi
  • Traighín na mBó21 fteast · 4.3 mi
  • An Cúl Tráígh23 fteast · 4.5 mi
  • The Bridge23 fteast · 4.5 mi
  • An Trá Bhán28 fteast · 4.5 mi
  • Tobar Chuas an Uisce36 fteast · 4.6 mi
  • An Trá Bhán East34 fteast · 4.6 mi
  • Trá na gCruach32 fteast · 4.8 mi
  • Trá Ciaráin73 ftsouth-southeast · 5.5 mi

Light

DateSunriseSunsetGolden hour
March equinox06:4218:5118:07
June solstice05:2122:0021:06
September equinox07:2519:3918:55
December solstice08:4216:3215:30

Local time (Europe/Dublin). Computed for this exact position.

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How high is Sailor's Hill?

Sailor's Hill sits at about 267 feet (81 m).

What can you see from Sailor's Hill?

From Sailor's Hill: An Tráighín Álainn (ESE, 3.8 mi); An Trá Mhór (ESE, 3.9 mi); The South Strand (E, 4.1 mi); Traighín na mBó (E, 4.3 mi).

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