National Botanic Gardens
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National Botanic Gardens is an attraction, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Grass Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
The National Botanic Gardens (Irish: Garraithe Náisiúnta na Lus) is a botanical garden in Glasnevin, 5 km north-west of Dublin city centre, Ireland. The 19.5 hectares are situated between Glasnevin Cemetery and the River Tolka where it forms part of the river's floodplain. The gardens were founded in 1795 by the Dublin Society (later the Royal Dublin Society) and are today in State ownership through the Office of Public Works. They house approximately 20,000 living plants and many millions of dried plant specimens. There are several architecturally notable greenhouses. The Glasnevin site is the headquarters of the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland which has a satellite garden and arboretum at Kilmacurragh in County Wicklow. The gardens participate in national and international initiatives for biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. Director of the Gardens Dr. Matthew Jebb, is also Chairman of PlantNetwork: The Plant Collections Network of Britain and Ireland. It is Ireland's seventh most visited attraction, and the second most visited free attraction.
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Dates from 1795.
Wikidata Q841037, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1795
What to expect
- Operated by
- Office of Public Works
- Access
- Permitted
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Grass Garden: 0.0 mi
- Rockery: 0.0 mi
- Mill field: 0.1 mi
- Herb Garden: 0.1 mi
- Fruit and Vegetable Garden: 0.1 mi
- Craobh: 0.0 mi
- ?What is Life?: 0.1 mi
- What is Life?: 0.1 mi
- Socrates 469-399 BC: 0.1 mi
- Sundial: 0.1 mi
- Reconstructed viking house: 0.1 mi
- National Cemetery Visitor's Centre: 0.3 mi
- Kellogg's Skyline Tour: 1.2 mi
- St George's Chapel: 1.4 mi
- Hungry Tree: 1.4 mi
- Republican plot: 0.2 mi
- The O'Connell Tower: 0.3 mi
- The O'Connell Tower: 0.3 mi
- Michael Collins: 0.3 mi
- Glasnevin Chapel: 0.3 mi
- Griffith Park: 0.5 mi
- Shandon Gardens Park: 0.5 mi
- Mount Bernard Park: 0.6 mi
- Lemon's Park: 0.7 mi
- Our Lady's Park: 0.7 mi
- St Catherine's Well: 0.5 mi
- Saint John's Well: 0.9 mi
- Saint Broc's Well: 3.8 mi
- St. Margaret's Well: 4.2 mi
- Rag Well: 4.4 mi
- Shielmartin Hill: 7.8 mi
- Telshaun Hill: 7.8 mi
- Ben of Howth: 8.4 mi
- Kilmashogue: 8.4 mi
- Montpelier Hill: 8.7 mi
- Gaelic Athletic Association Museum: 1.3 mi
- Dublin Writers Museum: 1.3 mi
- The James Joyce Centre: 1.4 mi
- 14 Henrietta Street museum: 1.4 mi
- GPO Museum: 1.7 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 3.6 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 4.0 mi
- Merrion Strand: 4.8 mi
- Dollymount Strand: 5.2 mi
- Portmarnock Beach: 6.9 mi
- The Grove: 3.3 mi
- Booterstown Nature Reserve: 5.2 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 5.3 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 5.5 mi
- Bull Island Wildlife Only Area: 5.6 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 10.1 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 10.2 mi
- Lover's Leap: 13.9 mi
- The Shaft: 15.4 mi
- Streaky Slab: 15.5 mi
- Toni's: 2.8 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 10.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 11.8 mi
- BBQ Area: 15.2 mi
- Leixlip Spa Waterfall: 9.6 mi
- Powerscourt Waterfall: 15.9 mi
- Glenmacnass Waterfall: 21.5 mi
- Poulaphuca Waterfall: 21.8 mi
- Devil's Glen Waterfall: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of National Botanic Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kippure | S 190° | 757 m | 13.7 mi |
| Seefingan | SSW 199° | 722.9 m | 13.1 mi |
| Seahan | SSW 203° | 647.3 m | 11.7 mi |
| Tonduff | S 179° | 642 m | 14.6 mi |
| Seefin | SSW 201° | 620.6 m | 13.8 mi |
| Corrig Mountain | SSW 200° | 617.1 m | 11.7 mi |
| Tonduff East Top | S 177° | 593 m | 15.0 mi |
| Glendoo Mountain | S 184° | 585.094 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 17:52 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 04:57 | 21:00 | 21:58 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:40 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 08:39 | 15:01 | 16:09 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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