Artwork · Ireland
Currents
Currents is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the south-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Irish Volunteers memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 2017
What to expect
- Operated by
- Dublin Canvas
How to reach it
Coordinates53.36047, -6.26943
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Irish Volunteers memorial: 0.1 mi
- Frank Duff: 0.2 mi
- Iris Murdoch: 0.2 mi
- Séan O'Casey: 0.3 mi
- Memorial to Peadar Kearney 1883-1942: 0.4 mi
Artworks
- Lucky Cookie: 0.1 mi
- Happy?: 0.2 mi
- Okey Dokey: 0.2 mi
- G'wan the Bohs: 0.2 mi
- C'Mon Bohs: 0.2 mi
Parks
- Royal Canal Park: 0.1 mi
- Four Master's Park: 0.1 mi
- Royal Canal Park: 0.2 mi
- Blessington Street Basin: 0.2 mi
- Great Western Square Park: 0.3 mi
Gardens
- Small urban park: 0.2 mi
- Serenity Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- Cultural Garden: 0.6 mi
- Summer Street Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Native plants: 0.8 mi
Attractions
- Hungry Tree: 0.6 mi
- St George's Chapel: 0.6 mi
- National Cemetery Visitor's Centre: 0.7 mi
- Kellogg's Skyline Tour: 0.7 mi
- Dublin Lettering: 0.7 mi
Springs
- St Catherine's Well: 0.8 mi
- Saint John's Well: 1.1 mi
- Saint Broc's Well: 3.0 mi
- Rag Well: 4.5 mi
- St. Margaret's Well: 5.1 mi
Peaks
- Telshaun Hill: 7.0 mi
- Kilmashogue: 7.6 mi
- Shielmartin Hill: 7.7 mi
- Montpelier Hill: 7.9 mi
- Three Rock Mountain: 8.0 mi
Museums: 56
- Dublin Writers Museum: 0.5 mi
- 14 Henrietta Street museum: 0.6 mi
- The James Joyce Centre: 0.6 mi
- Gaelic Athletic Association Museum: 0.8 mi
- GPO Museum: 0.8 mi
Beaches: 29
- Sandymount Strand: 3.0 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 3.3 mi
- Merrion Strand: 4.1 mi
- Dollymount Strand: 5.1 mi
- Seapoint: 6.3 mi
Nature reserves: 21
- The Grove: 2.5 mi
- Booterstown Nature Reserve: 4.4 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 4.5 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 4.8 mi
- Bull Island Wildlife Only Area: 5.5 mi
Cliffs: 12
- Hawk Cliff: 9.5 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 9.5 mi
- Lover's Leap: 13.1 mi
- The Shaft: 14.6 mi
- Streaky Slab: 14.7 mi
Waterfalls: 8
- Leixlip Spa Waterfall: 9.7 mi
- Powerscourt Waterfall: 15.0 mi
- Glenmacnass Waterfall: 20.6 mi
- Poulaphuca Waterfall: 21.2 mi
- Devil's Glen Waterfall: 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 7
- Toni's: 2.3 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 9.5 mi
- Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 12.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
- BBQ Area: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Currents. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kippure | SSW 192° | 757 m | 12.9 mi |
| Seefingan | SSW 201° | 722.9 m | 12.4 mi |
| Seahan | SSW 205° | 647.3 m | 11.0 mi |
| Tonduff | S 180° | 642 m | 13.8 mi |
| Seefin | SSW 203° | 620.6 m | 13.1 mi |
| Corrig Mountain | SSW 202° | 617.1 m | 10.9 mi |
| Tonduff East Top | S 177° | 593 m | 14.2 mi |
| Glendoo Mountain | S 185° | 585.094 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 17:52 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 04:57 | 21:00 | 21:58 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:40 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 08:39 | 15:01 | 16:09 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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