Artwork
Strangford Stone
Strangford Stone is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 31 m. Slieve Donard stands 849 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Delamont Country Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 22 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1999-06-26
- Height
- 12.5 metres
- Material
- granite
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates54.37909, -5.67293
- 21.8 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Delamont Country Park: 0.0 mi
- Quoile Steamboat Quay: 1.8 mi
- Tobar Mhuire Retreat & Conference Centre: 3.5 mi
- Roughal Park Recreation Area: 3.6 mi
- Bassett's Field: 3.8 mi
Peaks
- Carney Hill: 1.0 mi
- Wallace Hill: 1.6 mi
- Stump Hill: 4.3 mi
- Thompson's Hill: 8.1 mi
- Edenarrif Mountain: 8.8 mi
Artworks
- Hans Sloane: 1.7 mi
- Girl from Mars: 3.8 mi
- The Fields of Saintfield: 8.5 mi
- On the Way to the Fair: 8.9 mi
- Tonn Ruray Sculptural Horn: 10.6 mi
Historic sites
- Steamboat Quay: 1.8 mi
- Killyleagh Castle: 1.8 mi
- St Patrick's Statue: 2.5 mi
- Temple: 3.7 mi
- Struell Wells: 3.8 mi
Attractions
- Hoster Tully's Funeral Jetty: 1.8 mi
- The King in the North: 3.7 mi
- Castle Ward House: 3.8 mi
- Winterfell Castle Courtyard: 3.8 mi
- St Patrick's Chair: 3.8 mi
Gardens: 56
- Shrigley Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Walled Garden: 3.6 mi
- Sunken Garden: 3.7 mi
- Victorian Garden: 4.0 mi
- Kilclief Community Garden: 5.9 mi
Cliffs: 46
- Spinkanee: 12.6 mi
- Nerwcastle Beach Bouldering: 15.0 mi
- Eagle Rock: 16.7 mi
- The Castles: 17.3 mi
- Slieve Beg: 17.7 mi
Museums: 31
- Down County Museum: 4.0 mi
- St. Patricks Visitor Centre: 4.0 mi
- Carriage Gallery: 4.2 mi
- Ards Arts Centre: 14.9 mi
- War Years Remembered: 15.3 mi
Nature reserves: 19
- Quoile Pondage Basin nature reserve: 1.6 mi
- Hollymount Forest nature reserve: 5.2 mi
- Cloughy Rocks nature reserve: 5.2 mi
- Killard National Nature Reserve: 7.2 mi
- Ballyquintin Point Nature Reserve: 7.6 mi
Picnic sites: 18
- Cuan Beach: 1.5 mi
- Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
- Strangford Holiday Park Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Kilclief Recreation/Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
- Ballyhornan Picnic Site: 7.2 mi
Springs: 10
- St. Anne's Well: 1.4 mi
- Sunday Well: 2.3 mi
- Mearing Well: 2.4 mi
- Toberasool: 2.9 mi
- St. Mary's Well: 3.5 mi
Beaches: 9
- Kilclief Beach: 6.0 mi
- Mill Quarter Beach: 6.7 mi
- Gilpin Harbour: 7.8 mi
- Rossglass Beach: 8.9 mi
- Tyrella Beach: 9.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 15.6 mi
- Black Stairs: 16.0 mi
- Stepping Stones: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Strangford Stone. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Donard | SW 216° | 849 m | 17.0 mi |
| Slieve Commedagh | SW 219° | 767 m | 17.0 mi |
| Slieve Corragh | SW 221° | 641.9 m | 17.3 mi |
| Slieve Beg | SW 219° | 595.9 m | 17.7 mi |
| Slievenaglogh | SW 223° | 584.4 m | 17.4 mi |
| Slievenaglogh East Top | SW 222° | 571 m | 17.3 mi |
| Crossone | SW 214° | 540 m | 16.8 mi |
| Slieve Croob | WSW 258° | 534 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:27 | 17:48 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 04:48 | 21:02 | 22:02 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:37 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 08:43 | 14:49 | 16:00 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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