Antrim Round Tower
Antrim Round Tower is an attraction, at a modelled elevation of 34 m. Trostan stands 550 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Tower, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 6.4 miles off.
The story
Irish round tower in Antrim, Northern Ireland
Wikidata Q120830079, matched on coordinates and name (3 m apart).
What the record says
- Height
- 28 m
What to expect
- Step-free access
- No
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Overlooks nearby
- The Mount · 19 mi
- The Glens of Antrim · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Round Tower: 0.0 mi
- Alexander Irvine Park: 0.7 mi
- Antrim Castle Gardens & Clotworthy House: 0.7 mi
- Carnbeg Park: 1.3 mi
- Wallace Park: 5.0 mi
- Duck Pond: 0.6 mi
- the Doagh Holestone: 5.7 mi
- ECOS Centre: 10.1 mi
- Ulster New Zealand Centre: 10.4 mi
- Wishing Well: 11.0 mi
- Alexander Irvine: 0.8 mi
- Pump Tower: 0.8 mi
- Antrim Castle: 0.8 mi
- Shane's Castle: 2.4 mi
- Shane's Castle: 2.7 mi
- The Wolfhound: 0.8 mi
- Greystone Roundabout Sculpture: 1.2 mi
- Swans statue: 1.2 mi
- Protector of the Lough: 1.4 mi
- Painted Standing Stones: 5.1 mi
- Carnearny: 3.4 mi
- Tardree Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Drumadarragh Hill: 6.3 mi
- Big Collin: 7.4 mi
- Irish Hill: 8.8 mi
- Parterre Garden: 0.8 mi
- Walled Garden: 1.8 mi
- Memorial Garden: 10.7 mi
- Ahoghill Community Garden: 10.8 mi
- Monkstown Village Garden: 11.9 mi
- Garden Heritage Exhibition: 0.8 mi
- The Landscape Centre: 3.2 mi
- Sentry Hill Historic House: 9.5 mi
- Mid-Antrim Museum: 10.0 mi
- Gracehill Village Old School Museum: 10.1 mi
- Slievenacloy Nature Reserve: 11.8 mi
- RSPB Portmore Lough Reserve: 12.2 mi
- Belshaw's Quarry Nature Reserve: 13.6 mi
- Bog Meadows: 13.6 mi
- RSPB Belfast Lough: 14.8 mi
- Glenoe Waterfall: 15.9 mi
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 16.7 mi
- Cranny Falls: 20.3 mi
- Hermit's Falls: 20.6 mi
- Ess-na-Larach Waterfall: 20.7 mi
- Tobernaveen: 2.8 mi
- Volunteers' Well: 11.9 mi
- Holy Well: 14.1 mi
- Lady's Well: 14.2 mi
- Official Start Of The Clady River: 18.5 mi
- Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach: 13.1 mi
- Seapark Beach: 16.2 mi
- Browns bay walk: 19.8 mi
- Brompton Bay: 21.3 mi
- Skippingstone Beach: 21.6 mi
- Bellevue Area of Special Scientific Interest: 11.4 mi
- Limestone Quarry: 11.5 mi
- Cave Hill: 11.7 mi
- Ballygalley Head: 18.9 mi
- Coltrim Picnic Park: 18.9 mi
- Craigadick Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
- Ballyforles Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
- Beagh Bridge Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Antrim Round Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trostan | N 5° | 550 m | 22.3 mi |
| Slievenanee | N 3° | 543 m | 20.9 mi |
| Slieve Gallion | W 272° | 526.6 m | 22.0 mi |
| Slieve Gallion NE Top | W 275° | 493.6 m | 21.1 mi |
| Divis | SE 136° | 478 m | 10.9 mi |
| Agnew's Hill | NE 52° | 474 m | 13.8 mi |
| Skerry Hill | N 358° | 459 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mid Hill | N 11° | 440 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 17:50 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 04:48 | 21:06 | 22:07 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:39 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 08:47 | 14:47 | 16:00 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/181344039
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