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Dragonstone Cliffs

Dragonstone Cliffs from directly overhead

Dragonstone Cliffs is an attraction, at a modelled elevation of 162 m. Trostan stands 550 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Fairhead - Ballycastle Descent Gully West, a cliff 0.2 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 2.2 miles off. 162 named places lie within 25 miles, 42 of them named summits.

The precise location above Fair Head Cliffs where Jon Snow meets and touches Drogon for the first time in season 7 episode 5 of Game of Thrones®.

What to expect

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How to reach it

Coordinates55.22567, -6.15415

Overlooks nearby

162 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 42
  • Greenanmore: 2.6 mi
  • Carnanmore: 4.0 mi
  • Slieveard: 5.6 mi
  • Knocklayd: 5.8 mi
  • Crockaneel: 6.2 mi
Historic sites: 33
Attractions: 29
Parks: 20
  • Partaneevey Car Park & Picnic Site: 6.9 mi
  • Riverside Gardens: 9.5 mi
  • Garron Road Amenity Site: 12.5 mi
  • Dervock Riverside Park: 14.4 mi
  • Carnany Park: 17.2 mi
Gardens: 9
  • Benvardin Gardens: 15.6 mi
  • Garden of Remembrance: 17.1 mi
  • Beardiville Walled Garden: 17.5 mi
  • Joey Dunlop Memorial Garden: 18.0 mi
  • Robert Dunlop Memorial Garden: 18.0 mi
Artworks: 6
Cliffs: 5
  • Fairhead - Ballycastle Descent Gully West: 0.2 mi
  • Fairhead - The Prow: 0.2 mi
  • Fairhead - Farrangandoo: 0.4 mi
  • Fairhead: 0.6 mi
  • Dunsevrick: 11.4 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Dunseverick Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Hermit's Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Ess-na-Larach Waterfall: 14.6 mi
  • Ess-Na-Crub Waterfall: 14.6 mi
  • Cranny Falls: 16.7 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Runkerry Stand (Bushfoot): 14.9 mi
  • Portballintrae Beach: 15.5 mi
  • East Strand: 19.0 mi
  • Portstewart Strand: 23.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Cottage Park: 10.5 mi
  • Quilley Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • Lissanduff Earthworks: 15.2 mi
  • Garry Bog Nature Reserve: 17.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dragonstone Cliffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
TrostanS 180°550 m12.4 mi
SlievenaneeS 184°543 m13.8 mi
KnocklaydSW 221°514 m5.8 mi
SlieveanorraSSW 195°508 m10.9 mi
Skerry HillS 191°459 m14.5 mi
Mid HillS 176°440 m17.4 mi
SlemishS 175°437.9 m23.9 mi
CarncormickS 183°436 m18.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2817:4918:38
June solstice04:4421:0822:10
September equinox07:1018:3819:26
December solstice08:5014:4115:57

Local time (Europe/London).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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