Artwork · Ireland
Happy Horse
Happy Horse is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the south-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Coombe Hospital Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
What the record says
- Built
- 2017
What to expect
- Operated by
- Dublin Canvas
How to reach it
Coordinates53.33992, -6.27812
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Coombe Hospital Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Site of Saint Patrick's well: 0.3 mi
- Gairdín Súgartha i gCuimhne ar na Páistí a Cailleadh in 1916: 0.3 mi
- Liberty Bell: 0.3 mi
- Havel's Place: 0.3 mi
Artworks
- Good Morning: 0.1 mi
- The People Of Weavers Square: 0.2 mi
- The Heart of the Liberties: 0.2 mi
- Stained Glass Flowers: 0.2 mi
- Cycling Colour through the City: 0.2 mi
Attractions
- Teeling Whiskey Company: 0.2 mi
- Saint Patrick's Cathedral: 0.3 mi
- Saint Patrick's Well: 0.3 mi
- Saint James' Gate: 0.3 mi
- Medieval City Wall and St. Audeon's Arch: 0.3 mi
Parks
- Weaver Park: 0.2 mi
- Oscar Square: 0.2 mi
- Saint Patrick's Park: 0.3 mi
- Saint Audoen's Park: 0.3 mi
- Peace Park: 0.3 mi
Gardens
- Visual Culture Garden: 0.2 mi
- Community garden: 0.6 mi
- Flanagan's Fields Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Provost's Garden: 0.9 mi
- Formal Gardens: 1.0 mi
Springs
- St Catherine's Well: 2.2 mi
- Saint Broc's Well: 2.3 mi
- Saint John's Well: 2.5 mi
- Rag Well: 4.5 mi
- Saint Brigid's Well: 5.1 mi
Peaks
- Telshaun Hill: 5.6 mi
- Kilmashogue: 6.2 mi
- Montpelier Hill: 6.5 mi
- Slieve Gorra: 6.7 mi
- Three Rock Mountain: 6.7 mi
Museums: 56
- Dublinia: 0.3 mi
- Chester Beatty Library: 0.5 mi
- Revenue Museum: 0.5 mi
- Garda Museum: 0.6 mi
- Old Jameson Distillery: 0.6 mi
Beaches: 29
- Sandymount Strand: 2.7 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 3.0 mi
- Merrion Strand: 3.5 mi
- Dollymount Strand: 5.7 mi
- Seapoint: 5.7 mi
Nature reserves: 21
- The Grove: 1.6 mi
- Booterstown Nature Reserve: 3.8 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 3.9 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 4.1 mi
- Wildflower Meadow: 4.7 mi
Cliffs: 13
- Hawk Cliff: 8.9 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 8.9 mi
- Lover's Leap: 11.9 mi
- The Shaft: 13.7 mi
- Streaky Slab: 13.8 mi
Waterfalls: 8
- Leixlip Spa Waterfall: 9.6 mi
- Powerscourt Waterfall: 13.7 mi
- Glenmacnass Waterfall: 19.2 mi
- Poulaphuca Waterfall: 19.9 mi
- Devil's Glen Waterfall: 22.0 mi
Picnic sites: 7
- Toni's: 1.5 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 8.9 mi
- Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 13.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
- BBQ Area: 17.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Happy Horse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kippure | SSW 191° | 757 m | 11.4 mi |
| Seefingan | SSW 201° | 722.9 m | 10.9 mi |
| War Hill | S 176° | 684.8 m | 13.8 mi |
| Seahan | SSW 207° | 647.3 m | 9.5 mi |
| Tonduff | S 178° | 642 m | 12.3 mi |
| Seefin | SSW 204° | 620.6 m | 11.7 mi |
| Corrig Mountain | SSW 203° | 617.1 m | 9.5 mi |
| Tonduff East Top | S 175° | 593 m | 12.8 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 | 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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