Attraction
Giants Ring
Giants Ring is an attraction, at a modelled elevation of 44 m. Slieve Croob stands 534 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Prehistoric stones, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 8.8 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates54.54026, -5.95017
- 8.8 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Overlooks nearby
- The Mount · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Attractions
- Prehistoric stones: 0.0 mi
- The Industry Barge: 0.9 mi
- Drumbo Round Tower: 1.7 mi
- Palm House: 3.1 mi
- Hilden Brewing Company: 3.3 mi
Artworks
- Cake and Eat it: 0.4 mi
- Female Figure: 0.4 mi
- Composite Beast: 0.5 mi
- Mole: 0.6 mi
- King: 0.6 mi
Gardens
- Terrace Hill Garden: 0.5 mi
- Floribunda Rose Trials: 1.3 mi
- Past Trial, Floribunda Winnders, Climbers Rose Trials, Miniatures Rose Trials: 1.3 mi
- Princess Diana Memorial Garden: 1.3 mi
- Display Garden: 1.3 mi
Parks
- Barnett Demesne: 0.8 mi
- Clement Wilson Park: 1.0 mi
- Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park: 1.4 mi
- Strangford Avenue Playing Fields: 1.6 mi
- Wedderburn Park: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
- Queens Fort Rath: 2.9 mi
- Keiran Doherty TD Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Lord Kelvin's Statue: 3.0 mi
- Lisnabreeny Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Victoria Crosses of the 36th Ulster Division: 3.1 mi
Peaks
- Black Hill: 4.2 mi
- Collin: 4.5 mi
- Braniel Hill: 4.6 mi
- Black Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Galloway Hill: 5.3 mi
Museums: 36
- Ulster Museum: 3.0 mi
- Museum of Orange Heritage: 3.1 mi
- George Best's Family Home: 3.3 mi
- Linen Centre and Museum: 4.2 mi
- Royal Ulster Rifles Museum: 4.3 mi
Nature reserves: 22
- Lagan Meadows: 1.5 mi
- Bog Meadows: 3.2 mi
- Slievenacloy Nature Reserve: 5.3 mi
- Belshaw's Quarry Nature Reserve: 6.1 mi
- RSPB Belfast Lough: 6.9 mi
Picnic sites: 15
- Cuan Beach: 15.8 mi
- Seaforde Picnic Site: 15.9 mi
- Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- Clough Picnic Site: 18.0 mi
- Playrock Viewpoint: 18.1 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Limestone Quarry: 7.0 mi
- Cave Hill: 7.5 mi
- Bellevue Area of Special Scientific Interest: 8.2 mi
- Spinkanee: 17.3 mi
- Nerwcastle Beach Bouldering: 23.4 mi
Springs: 11
- Volunteers' Well: 7.4 mi
- St. Mary's Well: 12.8 mi
- Sunday Well: 13.5 mi
- St. Anne's Well: 15.2 mi
- Spa Well: 16.0 mi
Beaches: 10
- Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach: 8.7 mi
- Seapark Beach: 9.1 mi
- Brompton Bay: 13.8 mi
- Skippingstone Beach: 14.0 mi
- Kilclief Beach: 21.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 3.0 mi
- Stepping Stones: 11.8 mi
- Glenoe Waterfall: 18.5 mi
- Black Stairs: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Giants Ring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Croob | S 184° | 534 m | 13.9 mi |
| Divis | NNW 331° | 478 m | 5.6 mi |
| Slievenisky | S 182° | 446 m | 14.5 mi |
| Cratlieve | S 189° | 429 m | 14.5 mi |
| Slievegarran | S 184° | 391 m | 15.7 mi |
| Black Mountain | NNW 337° | 389 m | 4.9 mi |
| Squires Hill | N 350° | 374 m | 7.1 mi |
| Cavehill | N 360° | 368 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:28 | 17:49 | 18:37 |
| June solstice | 04:48 | 21:04 | 22:04 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:38 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 08:45 | 14:48 | 16:00 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
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