Artwork
Tails of Flight
Tails of Flight is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Slieve Donard stands 849 m to the south-southwest, 2.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Percy French, a artwork 0.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Material
- steel
How to reach it
Coordinates54.21404, -5.88535
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Percy French: 0.1 mi
- Crab Claw: 0.1 mi
- Listener of the Sea: 0.3 mi
- Starita: 0.5 mi
- Midnight Tentacles: 0.5 mi
Parks
- Castle Park: 0.4 mi
- Donard Park: 0.8 mi
- Harrison Vista: 4.3 mi
- Castlewellan Forest Park: 4.6 mi
- Annalong Marine Park: 7.2 mi
Peaks
- Drinnahilly: 1.4 mi
- Curraghard: 1.9 mi
- Thomas's Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Millstone Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Slievenamaddy: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
- Ice House: 4.5 mi
- Castlewellan Castle: 4.5 mi
- Tea House: 4.7 mi
- Moorish Tower: 5.2 mi
- Clough Castle: 5.7 mi
Cliffs: 50
- Nerwcastle Beach Bouldering: 0.7 mi
- Eagle Rock: 2.4 mi
- The Castles: 3.1 mi
- Annalong Buttress: 3.4 mi
- Slieve Beg: 3.5 mi
Gardens: 36
- Tollymore Arboretum: 2.4 mi
- Spring Garden: 4.4 mi
- The Annesley Garden: 4.5 mi
- Scented Garden: 4.5 mi
- Winter Garden: 4.5 mi
Picnic sites: 27
- Twelve Arches Recreation Area: 1.8 mi
- Dundrum Inner Bay: 2.6 mi
- Greenbanks picnic site: 3.4 mi
- Dundrum Boat Park: 3.7 mi
- Widow's Row Car Park: 4.0 mi
Attractions: 24
- The Starks Find Direwolf Pups: 2.7 mi
- The Wildling Pit: 3.1 mi
- Mount Panther Farm Park: 4.6 mi
- Ser Arlan's Grave: 9.0 mi
- Black Rock: 9.1 mi
Nature reserves: 14
- Murlough Nature Reserve: 1.7 mi
- Tollymore Forest Park Entrance: 1.7 mi
- Murlough National Nature Reserve: 2.5 mi
- Bohill Nature Reserve: 9.1 mi
- Hollymount Forest nature reserve: 9.1 mi
Springs: 12
- St Patrick's Well: 4.6 mi
- St. Patrick's Wells: 11.3 mi
- St. Patrick's Wells: 11.3 mi
- Toberasool: 11.7 mi
- Mearing Well: 12.2 mi
Museums: 7
- Carriage Gallery: 10.1 mi
- St. Patricks Visitor Centre: 10.3 mi
- Down County Museum: 10.4 mi
- Greenore Railway Museum: 16.1 mi
- Newry and Mourne Museum: 18.4 mi
Beaches: 6
- Tyrella Beach: 6.5 mi
- Rossglass Beach: 8.3 mi
- Beach - Costa del Ceanfield: 14.6 mi
- Gilpin Harbour: 14.6 mi
- Mill Quarter Beach: 15.7 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Black Stairs: 1.7 mi
- Stepping Stones: 17.1 mi
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Tails of Flight. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Donard | SSW 212° | 849 m | 2.7 mi |
| Slieve Commedagh | SW 231° | 767 m | 2.8 mi |
| Slieve Binnian | SW 218° | 745.9 m | 6.3 mi |
| Slieve Bearnagh | WSW 244° | 739 m | 4.7 mi |
| Slievelamagan | SW 225° | 702.2 m | 4.6 mi |
| Slieve Meelbeg | WSW 247° | 701.9 m | 5.4 mi |
| Slieve Meelmore | WSW 250° | 687 m | 5.0 mi |
| Slieve Bearnagh North Tor | WSW 245° | 680 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:27 | 17:49 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 21:02 | 22:02 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:38 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 08:42 | 14:51 | 16:02 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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