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Looking south from Seefin. Terrain and imagery at true elevation.

Seefin sits at 625 ft along the Wild Atlantic Way, facing 165° with the land dropping 425 ft within 600 m of the overlook. Closer features include a Stone Row to the southeast at 0.9 mi, two standing stones south-southeast at 1.3 mi, and the Well of the poets east-southeast at 1.5 mi. Farther off, a line of peaks is visible: Knockaughna (834 ft) and Mount Gabriel (1,292 ft) to the east-southeast, Knockaphuca (708 ft) to the south, and Knocknamaddree (971 ft) and Knockboy (589 ft) to the south-southwest. The Mount Gabriel View Points toward North and South, at 1,267 ft and 1,292 ft respectively, share the same east-southeast bearing and distance as Mount Gabriel itself, 7.7 mi away. Sunrise and sunset shift through the year, from a 05:22 sunrise at the June solstice to an 08:43 sunrise at the December solstice, with sunset ranging from 16:32 in December to 22:01 in June. Finn McCool's Seat precedes this stop on the route, and Altar follows it.

Access
0.3 mi detour
Elevation
625 ft
View
South · 165°
Relief
425 ft drop
In view
10 named features
Seefin Viewpoint
N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Calvary above Seefin Viewpoint (Finn McCool's Seat)
Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Peakeen Ridge Walk leading west from Seefin Viewpoint towards Caher-mountain
Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Path to Seefin
N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
View from Fin Mac Cool's Seat
Matthew Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
View towards Kilcrohane
N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

What you’re looking at

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

  • Stone Row266 ftsoutheast · 0.9 mi
  • two standing stones81 ftsouth-southeast · 1.3 mi
  • Well of the poets158 fteast-southeast · 1.5 mi
  • Knockaughna834 fteast-southeast · 5.2 mi
  • Knockaphuca708 ftsouth · 5.4 mi
  • Knocknamaddree971 ftsouth-southwest · 6.1 mi
  • Knockboy589 ftsouth-southwest · 6.5 mi
  • Mount Gabriel View Point toward North1,267 fteast-southeast · 7.7 mi
  • Mount Gabriel1,292 fteast-southeast · 7.7 mi
  • Mount Gabriel View Point toward South1,292 fteast-southeast · 7.7 mi

Light

DateSunriseSunsetGolden hour
March equinox06:4318:5118:07
June solstice05:2222:0121:07
September equinox07:2519:4018:56
December solstice08:4316:3215:30

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

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How high is Seefin?

Seefin sits at about 625 feet (191 m).

What can you see from Seefin?

From Seefin: Stone Row (SE, 0.9 mi); two standing stones (SSE, 1.3 mi); Well of the poets (ESE, 1.5 mi); Knockaughna (ESE, 5.2 mi).

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