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The Glens of Antrim

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The Glens of Antrim overlook sits at 57 feet along the Causeway Coastal Route, with the land dropping 48 feet within 600 meters of the viewpoint. Lurigethan rises to the south-southwest at 1.5 miles, reaching 1,123 feet, while Trostan is visible to the southwest at 4.4 miles, at 1,793 feet. Ser Arlan's Cottage lies to the east-southeast at 3.8 miles, at an elevation of 397 feet. Daylight hours shift across the year at this location: sunrise comes at 04:45 and sunset at 22:09 around the June solstice, while the December solstice brings a shorter span, with sunrise at 08:49 and sunset at 15:57. The equinoxes fall closer to the middle, with sunrise around 06:28–07:10 and sunset around 18:37–19:26. This lookout follows Watertop Waterfall and precedes The Mount along the route.

Access
On the byway
Elevation
57 ft
Relief
48 ft drop
In view
3 named features
Cushendall The A2 crosses the River Dall here, and turns inland at the tower in the centre of Cushendall.
Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Cushendall The cement lorry was contributing to work in progress at "An Caman" bar beside the river in the town centre.
Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
River Dall From the bridge in the centre of Cushendall.
Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Chapel Street The main street is also the A2 coast road, and when the road is busy, Cushendall can become a traffic bottleneck. I can recommend the restaurant "Upstairs at Joe's", which is at the far end of this row of Georgian buildings.
Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Font, Curfew Tower
Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
McAllister's Hardware, Cushendall
Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

What you’re looking at

Named terrain around this overlook, nearest first. No view direction is recorded, so every bearing is listed.

  • Lurigethan1,123 ftsouth-southwest · 1.5 mi
  • Ser Arlan's Cottage397 fteast-southeast · 3.8 mi
  • Trostan1,793 ftsouthwest · 4.4 mi

Light

DateSunriseSunsetGolden hour
March equinox06:2818:3717:49
June solstice04:4522:0921:07
September equinox07:1019:2618:38
December solstice08:4915:5714:43

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The Glens of Antrim sits at about 57 feet (17 m).

What can you see from The Glens of Antrim?

From The Glens of Antrim: Lurigethan (SSW, 1.5 mi); Ser Arlan's Cottage (ESE, 3.8 mi); Trostan (SW, 4.4 mi).

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