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Five Fingers

Five Fingers from directly overhead

Five Fingers is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Slieve Snaght stands 615 m to the south, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Doagh Famine Village, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 0.9 miles off.

What the record says

Material
concrete

How to reach it

Coordinates55.30972, -7.33533

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites: 51
  • Carrickabraghy Castle: 1.5 mi
  • Straid Church: 4.8 mi
  • Dunaff Hill Signal Station: 7.1 mi
  • Inishtrahull School: 9.3 mi
  • Inishtrahull School: 9.3 mi
Beaches: 23
  • Five Finger Strand: 0.6 mi
  • Dunree Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Drumnacraig Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Arryheerna Beach: 12.1 mi
  • Stragill Beach: 12.1 mi
Parks: 23
  • Barrack Hill Community Gardens: 5.2 mi
  • Bath Green: 14.4 mi
  • Car Park: 16.3 mi
  • Rathmullan House Walled Garden: 16.3 mi
  • Culmore Country Park: 17.5 mi
Attractions: 12
  • Dough Famine Village: 0.1 mi
  • Donagh Cross: 4.8 mi
  • Malin Head: 5.2 mi
  • "EIRE" sign: 5.2 mi
  • Glendowen craft shop: 5.7 mi
Artworks: 12
Museums: 9
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
  • Ballynashallog Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
  • Ballyhacket View: 22.9 mi
  • Bishop's Gate Picnic Site: 23.1 mi
Springs: 4
  • Fahan Holy Well: 16.4 mi
  • St. Patrick's Well: 20.1 mi
  • Aidan's Well: 20.2 mi
  • Saint Boyne's Well: 24.8 mi
Gardens: 3
Waterfalls: 1
  • Glenevin Waterfall: 5.4 mi
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Five Fingers. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slieve SnaghtS 180°614.6 m7.8 mi
Slieve MainS 184°514 m8.6 mi
Raghtin MoreSW 235°502 m6.4 mi
Wee Slieve SnaghtS 180°500 m7.3 mi
BulbinSW 215°494 m7.1 mi
Scalp MountainS 184°484 m15.2 mi
CrockmainSW 233°460 m6.8 mi
Mamore HillSW 231°423 m7.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3317:5418:42
June solstice04:4821:1322:15
September equinox07:1518:4319:31
December solstice08:5514:4516:01

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10171346114

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