The King in the North
The King in the North is an attraction, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Slieve Donard stands 849 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.2 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 24 miles off.
The ruins of Inch Abbey was the film location for the iconic Game of Thrones® scene in season 1 episode 10, where Robb Stark's bannermen pledge fealty to him as the 'King in the North'.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 23.7 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Named places within 25 miles
- Roughal Park Recreation Area: 0.5 mi
- The Grove Recreation Area: 0.7 mi
- Quoile Steamboat Quay: 2.0 mi
- Delamont Country Park: 3.7 mi
- Tobar Mhuire Retreat & Conference Centre: 4.2 mi
- St. Patrick's Grave: 0.7 mi
- Grave of Magnus Barefoot: 1.2 mi
- Steamboat Quay: 2.1 mi
- Struell Wells: 2.3 mi
- Nut Grove House: 3.2 mi
- Girl from Mars: 0.8 mi
- Strangford Stone: 3.7 mi
- On the Way to the Fair: 5.3 mi
- Hans Sloane: 5.4 mi
- Tonn Ruray Sculptural Horn: 6.9 mi
- Hoster Tully's Funeral Jetty: 2.0 mi
- St Patrick's Chair: 2.3 mi
- Mount Panther Farm Park: 6.2 mi
- Castle Ward House: 6.4 mi
- Winterfell Castle Courtyard: 6.6 mi
- Wallace Hill: 3.4 mi
- Carney Hill: 3.9 mi
- Stump Hill: 5.8 mi
- Edenarrif Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Dunmore Mountain: 7.0 mi
- Victorian Garden: 1.6 mi
- Nutgrove Garden: 3.2 mi
- Seaforde Gardens: 4.6 mi
- Shrigley Community Garden: 5.8 mi
- Sunken Garden: 6.4 mi
- Spinkanee: 9.3 mi
- Nerwcastle Beach Bouldering: 11.2 mi
- Eagle Rock: 12.9 mi
- The Castles: 13.6 mi
- Slieve Beg: 14.0 mi
- Down County Museum: 0.7 mi
- St. Patricks Visitor Centre: 0.8 mi
- Carriage Gallery: 0.8 mi
- Linen Centre and Museum: 17.4 mi
- Museum of Orange Heritage: 17.5 mi
- Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
- Seaforde Picnic Site: 4.5 mi
- Cuan Beach: 5.2 mi
- Clough Picnic Site: 5.4 mi
- Widow's Row Car Park: 6.6 mi
- Hollymount Forest nature reserve: 1.4 mi
- Quoile Pondage Basin nature reserve: 2.2 mi
- Bohill Nature Reserve: 5.0 mi
- Cloughy Rocks nature reserve: 7.4 mi
- Murlough National Nature Reserve: 8.0 mi
- Toberasool: 1.8 mi
- Mearing Well: 2.0 mi
- St. Patrick's Wells: 2.3 mi
- St. Patrick's Wells: 2.3 mi
- St. Mary's Well: 4.1 mi
- Tyrella Beach: 5.8 mi
- Rossglass Beach: 6.1 mi
- Kilclief Beach: 7.5 mi
- Mill Quarter Beach: 7.7 mi
- Gilpin Harbour: 7.9 mi
- Black Stairs: 12.3 mi
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 17.2 mi
- Stepping Stones: 17.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of The King in the North. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Donard | SW 216° | 849 m | 13.3 mi |
| Slieve Commedagh | SW 220° | 767 m | 13.2 mi |
| Slieve Bearnagh North Tor | SW 225° | 680 m | 14.6 mi |
| Chimney Rock Mtn | SSW 212° | 656 m | 14.1 mi |
| Cove Mtn | SW 219° | 654.8 m | 14.3 mi |
| Slieve Corragh | SW 221° | 641.9 m | 13.6 mi |
| Slieve Beg | SW 219° | 595.9 m | 13.9 mi |
| Slievenaglogh | SW 224° | 584.4 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:27 | 17:49 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 04:49 | 21:02 | 22:02 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:37 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 08:43 | 14:49 | 16:01 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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