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Midnight Tentacles

Midnight Tentacles from directly overhead

Midnight Tentacles is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Slieve Donard stands 849 m to the south-southwest, 2.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Starita, a artwork 0.1 miles away.

What the record says

Material
metal

How to reach it

Coordinates54.20750, -5.89198

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Castle Park: 0.2 mi
  • Donard Park: 0.3 mi
  • Harrison Vista: 4.5 mi
  • Castlewellan Forest Park: 4.8 mi
  • Annalong Marine Park: 6.7 mi
Peaks
  • Drinnahilly: 0.9 mi
  • Thomas's Mountain: 1.4 mi
  • Millstone Mountain: 1.4 mi
  • Slievenamaddy: 1.5 mi
  • Curraghard: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Ice House: 4.6 mi
  • Castlewellan Castle: 4.7 mi
  • Tea House: 4.9 mi
  • Moorish Tower: 5.3 mi
  • Kilcoo Church (ruins): 6.1 mi
Cliffs: 50
  • Nerwcastle Beach Bouldering: 0.3 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 1.9 mi
  • The Castles: 2.6 mi
  • Annalong Buttress: 2.9 mi
  • Slieve Beg: 3.0 mi
Gardens: 33
Picnic sites: 27
Attractions: 24
Nature reserves: 14
Springs: 12
Museums: 7
Beaches: 6
  • Tyrella Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Rossglass Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Beach - Costa del Ceanfield: 14.1 mi
  • Gilpin Harbour: 15.1 mi
  • Mill Quarter Beach: 16.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Black Stairs: 1.2 mi
  • Stepping Stones: 17.3 mi
  • Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 24.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Midnight Tentacles. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slieve DonardSSW 212°849 m2.2 mi
Slieve CommedaghSW 236°767 m2.3 mi
Slieve BinnianSW 218°745.9 m5.8 mi
Slieve BearnaghWSW 248°739 m4.2 mi
SlievelamaganSW 226°702.2 m4.1 mi
Slieve MeelbegWSW 251°701.9 m5.0 mi
Slieve MeelmoreWSW 254°687 m4.6 mi
Slieve Bearnagh North TorWSW 249°680 m4.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2717:5018:36
June solstice04:5021:0222:02
September equinox07:0918:3819:25
December solstice08:4214:5116:02

Local time (Europe/London).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11528861861

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