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Dance

Dance from directly overhead

Dance is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 58 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Mary, a historic site 0.1 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
National University of Ireland, Maynooth

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates53.38459, -6.60075

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Saint Mary: 0.1 mi
  • Amicus Americanis: 0.1 mi
  • NUI Maynooth: 0.2 mi
  • Oscoil Na hÉirean Má Nuad: 0.2 mi
  • John Paul II: 0.2 mi
Attractions
Parks
  • Saint Mary's Square: 0.4 mi
  • Pound Park: 0.4 mi
  • The Formal Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Castletown Demesne: 3.7 mi
  • Oakleigh Park: 3.8 mi
Gardens
Springs
Peaks
  • Ash Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Saint Patrick's Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Mullagh: 5.2 mi
  • Lyons Hill: 7.0 mi
  • St. Peter's Hill: 7.6 mi
Museums: 59
Beaches: 25
Nature reserves: 20
Picnic sites: 9
  • Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 6.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
  • Poplar Square: 11.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
  • Toni's: 12.2 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Hawk Cliff: 22.2 mi
  • Hawk Cliff: 22.2 mi
  • Lover's Leap: 23.1 mi
  • Ben Head: 24.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Dance. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KippureSE 142°757 m18.1 mi
SeefinganSE 145°722.9 m16.2 mi
SeahanSE 142°647.3 m14.7 mi
SeefinSSE 148°620.6 m16.1 mi
Corrig MountainSE 141°617.1 m15.2 mi
Sorrel HillSSE 158°599.5 m17.6 mi
Glendoo MountainSE 131°585.094 m17.0 mi
Ballymorefinn HillSE 139°566 m14.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3017:5318:39
June solstice04:5921:0121:59
September equinox07:1218:4219:28
December solstice08:4115:0216:10

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/4690586503

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