Artwork · Ireland
Red Sun
Red Sun is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 73 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the south, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Delaford Park, a park 0.2 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 2019
What to expect
- Operated by
- Dublin Canvas
How to reach it
Coordinates53.28673, -6.33147
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Delaford Park: 0.2 mi
- Dodder Valley Park: 0.4 mi
- Firhouse Village Park: 0.5 mi
- Ballycragh Park: 1.0 mi
- Woodstown Park: 1.1 mi
Artworks
- Stone Cross: 0.2 mi
- Suburban Paradise: 0.2 mi
- Cliabhán: 0.7 mi
- Community Spirit: 0.8 mi
- Frogs: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
- Knocklyon Castle: 0.2 mi
- Fairy's House: 0.3 mi
- Abandoned Cottages: 0.3 mi
- Gary Miller Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Austin Clarke Bridge: 1.1 mi
Attractions
- Waterfall viewing point: 1.2 mi
- Nature Room: 2.1 mi
- Tibradden House: 2.6 mi
- Fairy Tree Home: 2.9 mi
- Clondalkin Round Tower: 3.6 mi
Gardens
- Sensory Garden: 1.5 mi
- Bee Kind: 1.7 mi
- St Enda's Park Walled Garden: 2.1 mi
- Tree of Hope: 2.1 mi
- Regency Walled Garden: 2.5 mi
Peaks
- Montpelier Hill: 2.4 mi
- Slieve Gorra: 2.5 mi
- Spinkeen: 3.3 mi
- Kilmashogue: 3.6 mi
- Telshaun Hill: 3.6 mi
Springs
- Saint Brigid's Well: 3.3 mi
- Saint Ann's Well: 3.7 mi
- Source of Glencree River: 4.5 mi
- Saint Broc's Well: 5.0 mi
- St. Bridget's Well: 5.9 mi
Museums: 58
- Pearse Museum: 2.1 mi
- Mary Aikenhead Heritage Centre: 3.5 mi
- Richmond Barracks: 3.6 mi
- Kilmainham Jail Museum: 3.9 mi
- Irish Jewish Museum: 4.0 mi
Beaches: 29
- Merrion Strand: 5.6 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 5.9 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 5.9 mi
- Seapoint: 7.2 mi
- Sandycove Beach: 9.0 mi
Nature reserves: 23
- Wildflower Meadow: 2.8 mi
- Fitzsimon's Wood: 4.3 mi
- The Grove: 4.6 mi
- Booterstown Nature Reserve: 5.7 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 5.8 mi
Cliffs: 21
- Hawk Cliff: 9.7 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 9.7 mi
- Lover's Leap: 10.2 mi
- The Shaft: 12.8 mi
- Streaky Slab: 12.8 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- Leixlip Spa Waterfall: 9.3 mi
- Powerscourt Waterfall: 10.9 mi
- Glenmacnass Waterfall: 15.4 mi
- Poulaphuca Waterfall: 15.7 mi
- Devil's Glen Waterfall: 19.1 mi
Picnic sites: 9
- Toni's: 3.8 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 9.7 mi
- Poplar Square: 14.4 mi
- Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 14.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Red Sun. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kippure | S 180° | 757 m | 7.5 mi |
| Djouce | SSE 161° | 725.5 m | 11.4 mi |
| Seefingan | SSW 195° | 722.9 m | 6.8 mi |
| Gravale | S 184° | 719.004 m | 11.3 mi |
| War Hill | SSE 162° | 684.8 m | 10.6 mi |
| Carrigvore | S 178° | 682.36 m | 10.8 mi |
| Seahan | SSW 204° | 647.3 m | 5.3 mi |
| Tonduff | SSE 163° | 642 m | 9.1 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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