Artwork · Ireland
Figurehead
Figurehead is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the south-southwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Horse, a artwork 0.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 2008
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
Coordinates53.30212, -6.21847
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Horse: 0.1 mi
- Portal: 0.1 mi
- Judgement: 0.2 mi
- Wisdom: 0.2 mi
- Rotations In Space: 0.2 mi
Parks
- Belfield Woods: 0.2 mi
- Belfield Woods: 0.3 mi
- Devlin Park: 0.6 mi
- Booterstown Park: 1.1 mi
- Glasson Court Park: 1.1 mi
Gardens
- Cluanóg: 0.4 mi
- The Biblical Garden: 0.6 mi
- Donnybrook Buzz Shelter: 1.4 mi
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Residence: 1.6 mi
- Trinity College Dublin Botanical Gardens: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
- 1916 Rising: 0.6 mi
- Beech Hill Office Campus: 1.1 mi
- Tree of Hope: 1.2 mi
- First All Ireland Football Final: 1.3 mi
- Clonskeagh Castle: 1.3 mi
Attractions
- Airfield Farm: 1.2 mi
- Hermann Get grave: 2.4 mi
- Sean Lemass: 2.5 mi
- The MART Gallery: 2.5 mi
- Thomas Joseph Smith (Sudocrem): 2.5 mi
Springs
- Saint Broc's Well: 1.6 mi
- Saint James' Well: 3.6 mi
- Saint John's Well: 5.0 mi
- St Catherine's Well: 5.0 mi
- Well of Gailline: 5.6 mi
Peaks
- Telshaun Hill: 3.3 mi
- Three Rock Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Kilmashogue: 4.1 mi
- Two Rock Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Mullins Hill: 4.9 mi
Museums: 56
- Imaginosity: 1.7 mi
- National Print Museum: 2.4 mi
- Explorium: National Sport and Science Centre: 2.5 mi
- Georgian House Museum: 2.8 mi
- Irish Architectural Archive: 2.8 mi
Beaches: 29
- Merrion Strand: 1.1 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 1.9 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 2.2 mi
- Seapoint: 2.5 mi
- Sandycove Beach: 4.4 mi
Nature reserves: 22
- Booterstown Nature Reserve: 1.0 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 1.0 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 1.1 mi
- The Grove: 2.1 mi
- Fitzsimon's Wood: 2.5 mi
Cliffs: 19
- Hawk Cliff: 5.5 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 5.5 mi
- Lover's Leap: 8.6 mi
- The Shaft: 10.1 mi
- Streaky Slab: 10.2 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- Powerscourt Waterfall: 10.8 mi
- Leixlip Spa Waterfall: 12.8 mi
- Glenmacnass Waterfall: 17.1 mi
- Devil's Glen Waterfall: 19.0 mi
- Poulaphuca Waterfall: 19.8 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Toni's: 4.8 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 5.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
- Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 16.6 mi
- Poplar Square: 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Figurehead. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kippure | SSW 209° | 757 m | 9.8 mi |
| Djouce | S 184° | 725.5 m | 11.9 mi |
| Seefingan | SW 220° | 722.9 m | 10.0 mi |
| War Hill | S 187° | 684.8 m | 11.3 mi |
| Carrigvore | SSW 200° | 682.36 m | 12.6 mi |
| Seahan | SW 229° | 647.3 m | 9.0 mi |
| Tonduff | SSW 192° | 642 m | 9.9 mi |
| White Hill | S 184° | 631.1 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 17:52 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 20:59 | 21:57 |
| 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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