Artwork · Ireland
Puffin
Puffin is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Heart/Hand Grenade, a artwork 0.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 2017
What to expect
- Operated by
- Dublin Canvas
How to reach it
Coordinates53.33436, -6.32512
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Heart/Hand Grenade: 0.1 mi
- Birds of a Feather: 0.2 mi
- Birds of a Feather: 0.3 mi
- I'll be the wings that keep your heart in the clouds: 0.4 mi
- Go Nuts: 0.4 mi
Parks
- Jim Mitchell Park: 0.3 mi
- Lansdowne Valley Park: 0.3 mi
- Brickfield Park: 0.7 mi
- Irish National War Memorial Gardens: 0.8 mi
- Markievicz Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
- Irish Citizen Army: 0.6 mi
- Carriglea Industrial Estate: 0.6 mi
- Bluebell Church (ruins): 0.7 mi
- Great Cross of Sacrifice: 0.7 mi
- Stone of Remembrance: 0.7 mi
Attractions
- Kilmainham Gaol: 0.8 mi
- Royal Hospital Kilmainham: 1.1 mi
- The Formal Garden at The Royal Hospital Kilmainham: 1.2 mi
- Asian lion: 1.5 mi
- Sulawesi crested macaque: 1.5 mi
Gardens
- Formal Gardens: 1.2 mi
- Flanagan's Fields Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- People's Garden: 1.5 mi
- The Kingfisher Project: 1.7 mi
- Visual Culture Garden: 2.0 mi
Springs
- Rag Well: 3.1 mi
- Saint Brigid's Well: 3.2 mi
- St Catherine's Well: 3.7 mi
- Saint John's Well: 4.0 mi
- Saint Broc's Well: 4.1 mi
Peaks
- Montpelier Hill: 5.7 mi
- Slieve Gorra: 5.7 mi
- Telshaun Hill: 5.9 mi
- Kilmashogue: 6.2 mi
- Spinkeen: 6.6 mi
Museums: 56
- Richmond Barracks: 0.5 mi
- Kilmainham Jail Museum: 0.8 mi
- Collins Barracks: 1.8 mi
- Asgard: 1.8 mi
- National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks: 1.9 mi
Beaches: 29
- Sandymount Strand: 4.7 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 4.8 mi
- Merrion Strand: 5.1 mi
- Seapoint: 7.3 mi
- Dollymount Strand: 7.7 mi
Nature reserves: 22
- The Grove: 3.4 mi
- Wildflower Meadow: 4.9 mi
- Booterstown Nature Reserve: 5.4 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 5.5 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 5.7 mi
Cliffs: 17
- Hawk Cliff: 10.4 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 10.4 mi
- Lover's Leap: 12.6 mi
- The Shaft: 14.7 mi
- Streaky Slab: 14.8 mi
Picnic sites: 9
- Toni's: 0.6 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 10.4 mi
- Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 12.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
- Poplar Square: 16.0 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Leixlip Spa Waterfall: 7.9 mi
- Powerscourt Waterfall: 13.8 mi
- Poulaphuca Waterfall: 18.4 mi
- Glenmacnass Waterfall: 18.7 mi
- Devil's Glen Waterfall: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Puffin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kippure | S 181° | 757 m | 10.8 mi |
| Seefingan | SSW 192° | 722.9 m | 10.0 mi |
| War Hill | SSE 168° | 684.8 m | 13.7 mi |
| Carrigvore | S 180° | 682.36 m | 14.1 mi |
| Seahan | SSW 196° | 647.3 m | 8.4 mi |
| Tonduff | SSE 169° | 642 m | 12.2 mi |
| Seefin | SSW 196° | 620.6 m | 10.6 mi |
| Corrig Mountain | SSW 192° | 617.1 m | 8.5 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 | 18:41 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 08:39 | 15:02 | 16:09 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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