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Crag Cave

Crag Cave from directly overhead

Crag Cave is an attraction, at a modelled elevation of 64 m. Baurtregaum stands 851 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Tobermaing, a spring 1.1 miles away. Ring of Kerry passes 13 miles off.

The story

Crag Cave is a cave in Ireland, located just outside Castleisland, County Kerry. Formed in elevated limestone rock, the system extends to 3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi) of surveyed passage, on two levels. It is the 7th-longest cave system in the Republic of Ireland, and the 10th-longest in the whole of Ireland.

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Wikidata Q1138482, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Access
Customers only
Fee
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates52.24712, -9.44435

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Tobermaing: 1.1 mi
  • Tobernavune: 3.6 mi
  • Tobereendooney: 3.8 mi
  • Toberlina: 4.9 mi
  • Finughea Well: 5.5 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions: 26
Parks: 22
  • Christ The King Park: 10.7 mi
  • Town Park: 11.1 mi
  • Piarsaigh Park: 11.2 mi
  • St. John's Park: 11.2 mi
  • St. Brendan's Park: 11.3 mi
Artworks: 19
  • Amergin: 6.8 mi
  • Sound, Horns of Clogherclemin: 11.1 mi
  • Horns of Clogherclemin: 11.1 mi
  • Rose of Tralee Statue: 11.1 mi
  • The Rose of Tralee: 11.1 mi
Beaches: 7
  • McRose Beach: 16.4 mi
  • Banna Strand: 17.8 mi
  • Fenit Beach: 18.0 mi
  • Ladies' Beach: 20.8 mi
  • Nuns' Beach: 21.2 mi
Museums: 6
Gardens: 5
  • Joe Keohane Roundabout: 10.5 mi
  • Ballymullen Roundabout: 10.7 mi
  • Garden of the Senses: 11.1 mi
  • Fern Garden: 13.4 mi
  • Walled Garden: 16.1 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Waterfalls: 2
Cliffs: 2
  • Bromore Cliffs: 22.1 mi
  • Cliffs of Dooneen: 23.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Three Counties: 10.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Virgin Rock: 21.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Crag Cave. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
BaurtregaumW 261°851 m16.5 mi
CaherconreeW 260°835 m17.6 mi
Baurtregaum NE TopW 261°818.5 m16.2 mi
GearhaneW 262°792 m17.5 mi
Shehy MountainSSW 202°762 m17.5 mi
Purple Mountain NE TopSSW 204°757 m17.6 mi
Tomies MountainSSW 204°735 m17.1 mi
Baurtregaum NW TopW 262°723 m16.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4218:0618:50
June solstice05:1721:0822:04
September equinox07:2418:5419:39
December solstice08:4615:2416:27

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/475710521

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