Artwork · Ireland
Tree of Light
Tree of Light is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the south, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Monicreques, a artwork 0.2 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 2016
What to expect
- Operated by
- Dublin Canvas
How to reach it
Coordinates53.32769, -6.30928
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Monicreques: 0.2 mi
- Gnomes and Wheelies: 0.3 mi
- When Life Gives You Rain: 0.4 mi
- Peace & Love: 0.5 mi
- Local Heroes: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
- Shay Elliott: 0.3 mi
- Éamonn Ceannt: 0.7 mi
- Irish Citizen Army: 0.9 mi
- Executions of the leaders of the 1916 rising: 1.0 mi
- Arthur Guinness the Second: 1.1 mi
Parks
- Brickfield Park: 0.3 mi
- Pearse Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- Bangor Circle: 0.5 mi
- Stanaway Park: 0.8 mi
- Eamonn Ceannt Park: 0.8 mi
Gardens
- The Kingfisher Project: 0.9 mi
- Flanagan's Fields Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Formal Gardens: 1.2 mi
- People's Garden: 1.6 mi
- Visual Culture Garden: 1.7 mi
Attractions
- Kilmainham Gaol: 1.0 mi
- Royal Hospital Kilmainham: 1.1 mi
- The Formal Garden at The Royal Hospital Kilmainham: 1.2 mi
- Guinness Storehouse: 1.3 mi
- Pearse Lyons: 1.4 mi
Springs
- Saint Broc's Well: 3.4 mi
- St Catherine's Well: 3.6 mi
- Saint Brigid's Well: 3.7 mi
- Saint John's Well: 3.9 mi
- Rag Well: 3.9 mi
Peaks
- Telshaun Hill: 5.2 mi
- Montpelier Hill: 5.3 mi
- Slieve Gorra: 5.4 mi
- Kilmashogue: 5.6 mi
- Spinkeen: 6.2 mi
Museums: 56
- Richmond Barracks: 0.8 mi
- Kilmainham Jail Museum: 1.0 mi
- Mary Aikenhead Heritage Centre: 1.2 mi
- Irish Jewish Museum: 1.7 mi
- Collins Barracks: 1.7 mi
Beaches: 29
- Sandymount Strand: 4.0 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 4.2 mi
- Merrion Strand: 4.4 mi
- Seapoint: 6.6 mi
- Dollymount Strand: 7.2 mi
Nature reserves: 22
- The Grove: 2.7 mi
- Wildflower Meadow: 4.2 mi
- Booterstown Nature Reserve: 4.6 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 4.8 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 5.0 mi
Cliffs: 17
- Hawk Cliff: 9.6 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 9.6 mi
- Lover's Leap: 11.8 mi
- The Shaft: 13.9 mi
- Streaky Slab: 14.0 mi
Picnic sites: 9
- Toni's: 0.9 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 9.6 mi
- Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 12.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- Poplar Square: 16.3 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Leixlip Spa Waterfall: 8.7 mi
- Powerscourt Waterfall: 13.2 mi
- Glenmacnass Waterfall: 18.2 mi
- Poulaphuca Waterfall: 18.5 mi
- Devil's Glen Waterfall: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Tree of Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kippure | S 185° | 757 m | 10.4 mi |
| Seefingan | SSW 196° | 722.9 m | 9.7 mi |
| War Hill | S 170° | 684.8 m | 13.2 mi |
| Carrigvore | S 182° | 682.36 m | 13.7 mi |
| Seahan | SSW 202° | 647.3 m | 8.2 mi |
| Tonduff | S 171° | 642 m | 11.6 mi |
| Seefin | SSW 200° | 620.6 m | 10.4 mi |
| Corrig Mountain | SSW 197° | 617.1 m | 8.2 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 | 19:26 |
| 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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