Artwork
Johnny the Jig
Johnny the Jig is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Slieve Croob stands 534 m to the south-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Maypole, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 3.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
Coordinates54.64264, -5.83307
- 3.2 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Overlooks nearby
- The Mount · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Maypole: 0.1 mi
- Northern Ireland Centennial: 0.2 mi
- In grateful memory of the men of Holywood and District: 0.2 mi
- Lord Craigavon's Tomb: 2.6 mi
- Carson's Statue: 2.7 mi
Parks
- Praeger's Field: 0.3 mi
- Seapark: 0.5 mi
- Ballymenoch Park: 0.5 mi
- Holywood Nature Park: 0.8 mi
- Knocknagoney Linear Park: 2.0 mi
Artworks
- Portable Engine: 1.5 mi
- Reconciliation Sculpture: 2.7 mi
- The Gleaner: 2.7 mi
- Unmasked Figure Sculpture: 2.7 mi
- The Seahorse: 3.0 mi
Attractions
- Assembly Chamber: 2.6 mi
- Senate Chamber: 2.6 mi
- HMS Caroline: 3.4 mi
- Titanic Slipway: 3.8 mi
- Bleach Green Railway Viaducts: 3.8 mi
Peaks
- Irish Hill: 3.6 mi
- Cairngaver: 3.8 mi
- McArt's Fort: 4.6 mi
- Cavehill: 4.7 mi
- Lieutenant Hill: 4.7 mi
Gardens: 59
- Holocaust Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Lisvannon Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- King's Coronation Garden: 3.2 mi
- Bawnmore Memorial Garden: 3.6 mi
- Grove Community Garden: 4.0 mi
Museums: 37
- 'Caught in Time' Exhibition: 1.4 mi
- Ulster Transport Museum: 1.5 mi
- Folk Galleries: 1.5 mi
- Ulster Folk Museum: 1.6 mi
- The White House: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves: 16
- RSPB Belfast Lough: 1.9 mi
- Kiltonga Nature Reserve: 5.6 mi
- Conlig Nature Reserve (proposed): 6.3 mi
- Balloo Wetland Nature Reserve: 6.5 mi
- Bog Meadows: 6.6 mi
Springs: 10
- Volunteers' Well: 4.3 mi
- Spa Well: 11.4 mi
- Tobernaveen: 16.6 mi
- Sunday Well: 17.2 mi
- St. Mary's Well: 17.5 mi
Beaches: 6
- Seapark Beach: 0.6 mi
- Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach: 3.0 mi
- Brompton Bay: 6.2 mi
- Skippingstone Beach: 6.4 mi
- Browns bay walk: 14.8 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Cuan Beach: 18.7 mi
- Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- Seaforde Picnic Site: 22.3 mi
- Strangford Holiday Park Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
- Kilclief Recreation/Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Cave Hill: 4.6 mi
- Bellevue Area of Special Scientific Interest: 4.7 mi
- Limestone Quarry: 5.1 mi
- Ballygalley Head: 17.8 mi
- Spinkanee: 24.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 5.7 mi
- Glenoe Waterfall: 10.8 mi
- Stepping Stones: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Johnny the Jig. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Croob | SSW 195° | 534 m | 21.7 mi |
| Divis | WSW 254° | 478 m | 7.7 mi |
| Agnew's Hill | NNW 344° | 474 m | 14.6 mi |
| Slievenisky | SSW 194° | 446 m | 22.2 mi |
| Slemish | NNW 328° | 437.9 m | 19.6 mi |
| Cratlieve | SSW 198° | 429 m | 22.5 mi |
| Douglas Top | NNW 329° | 402 m | 17.5 mi |
| Black Mountain | WSW 249° | 389 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:27 | 17:49 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 04:47 | 21:04 | 22:05 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:37 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 08:45 | 14:47 | 15:59 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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