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Arigna Mining Experience

Arigna Mining Experience from directly overhead

Arigna Mining Experience is an attraction, at a modelled elevation of 194 m. Sliabh an Iarainn stands 585 m to the east, 6.1 miles off. Wild Atlantic Way passes 18 miles off.

The story

coal mining museum in County Roscommon, Ireland

Dates from 2003.

Wikidata Q21161556, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates54.07715, -8.12085

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Mine Ventilation Shaft: 0.1 mi
  • Turlough O'Carolan: 1.9 mi
  • Dismantled Mine Tramway: 3.1 mi
  • Tobar Ailbhe Holy Well: 3.3 mi
  • Josie McDermott Memorial: 3.4 mi
Peaks
Springs
Attractions: 24
  • Moon River: 9.3 mi
  • Boyle Abbey: 10.1 mi
  • King House: 10.3 mi
  • Riverstown Folk Park: 11.8 mi
  • Turlough O'Carolan Monument: 14.9 mi
Parks: 23
  • Oakport Green: 6.7 mi
  • Cootehall Riverdise Park: 6.7 mi
  • Coothall Quays and Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
  • Riverview park: 7.0 mi
  • Lough Key Forest & Activity Park: 8.1 mi
Artworks: 14
Cliffs: 9
  • Carrane Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Carrignahasta: 9.6 mi
  • Carrignahasta: 9.8 mi
  • The Playground: 9.8 mi
  • Playgroud: 9.8 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Walled Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Community garden: 6.6 mi
  • Bush Hotel Garden: 9.2 mi
  • Walled Garden: 17.1 mi
  • Pleasure Grounds: 20.0 mi
Waterfalls: 6
Nature reserves: 6
  • Moneen Boleybrack Mountain Special Area of Conservation: 10.8 mi
  • Moneensauran Cuilcagh Anierin Uplands Special Area of Conservation: 11.1 mi
  • Wildlife Area: 11.7 mi
  • Gubnafarna Cuilcagh Anierin Uplands Special Area of Conservation: 17.4 mi
  • Hanging Rock and Rossaa Forest National Nature Reserve: 18.0 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Hazelwood: 17.6 mi
  • Kilglas: 19.0 mi
  • Glenaniff Waterfall: 21.0 mi
  • Fowley's Falls: 21.0 mi
  • Glenaniff Waterfall: 21.0 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Rynn Beach: 16.9 mi
  • Culleenamore: 23.2 mi
  • Rosses Point Beach: 24.3 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Marble Arch: 17.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Arigna Mining Experience. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sliabh an IarainnE 80°585 m6.1 mi
KnockacullionENE 72°562 m7.1 mi
The PlaybankNE 44°542 m10.0 mi
BencroyENE 68°518 m8.3 mi
BenbrackENE 68°502 m12.0 mi
Benbrack NE TopENE 64°496 m13.1 mi
GowlanENE 68°492 m12.5 mi
Derrynananta UpperENE 65°479 m12.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3617:5918:45
June solstice05:0021:1022:10
September equinox07:1818:4719:34
December solstice08:5115:0216:12

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/207565065

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