The Kingsroad Trees
The Kingsroad Trees is an attraction, at a modelled elevation of 78 m. Trostan stands 550 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverside Gardens, a park 2.1 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 6.5 miles off.
The precise location in the Dark Hedges through which Arya and Gendry escape King's Landing along the Kingsroad in season 2 of Game of Thrones®.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 6.5 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
- 22.7 mi off the Wild Atlantic Way, National
Overlooks nearby
- Watertop Waterfall · 10 mi
- Big Dan's Chair Viewpoint · 10 mi
- The Glens of Antrim · 13 mi
- Rinagree Point · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- World Ploughing Championship Cairn: 2.3 mi
- Dervock War Memorial: 3.5 mi
- George Travers Maccartney Memorial Fountain: 3.6 mi
- Kirkhills Old School: 3.9 mi
- Doire Caocháin: 4.4 mi
- Kirk Hill: 4.0 mi
- Ballyknock Hill: 4.9 mi
- Croaghan: 5.4 mi
- Knocklayd: 5.4 mi
- Fort Hill: 5.5 mi
- Riverside Gardens: 2.1 mi
- Dervock Riverside Park: 3.6 mi
- Carnany Park: 6.3 mi
- Riverside Park: 6.8 mi
- Megaw Park: 6.8 mi
- Round Tower: 2.7 mi
- Lisanoure Castle: 5.8 mi
- Old Bushmills Distillery: 7.3 mi
- Renly's Camp in the Stormlands: 7.5 mi
- Carrick-a-rede Rope Bridge: 7.5 mi
- Benvardin Gardens: 5.4 mi
- Garden of Remembrance: 6.3 mi
- Joey Dunlop Memorial Garden: 7.0 mi
- Robert Dunlop Memorial Garden: 7.1 mi
- Beardiville Walled Garden: 8.7 mi
- Ballycastle Museum: 6.8 mi
- Ballymoney Museum: 7.0 mi
- Coleraine Museum: 11.5 mi
- Coastal Zone: 12.0 mi
- Boathouse Visitor Centre & Museum: 13.1 mi
- Alphabet Angel: 7.6 mi
- Towards Tomorrow: 11.0 mi
- Source: 11.4 mi
- The Drum: 11.8 mi
- Brick Sculpture: 12.0 mi
- Holy Well: 19.1 mi
- Lady's Well: 19.1 mi
- St Lowry's Well: 19.3 mi
- Official Start Of The Clady River: 20.1 mi
- Source Of The Knockoneill River: 22.0 mi
- Dunseverick Falls: 7.6 mi
- Hermit's Falls: 13.1 mi
- Ess-na-Larach Waterfall: 13.6 mi
- Ess-Na-Crub Waterfall: 13.7 mi
- Cranny Falls: 17.2 mi
- Runkerry Stand (Bushfoot): 8.6 mi
- Portballintrae Beach: 8.8 mi
- East Strand: 11.2 mi
- Portstewart Strand: 14.7 mi
- Castlerock Beach: 16.2 mi
- Dunsevrick: 7.7 mi
- Fairhead - Farrangandoo: 10.5 mi
- Fairhead - The Prow: 10.7 mi
- Fairhead - Ballycastle Descent Gully West: 10.8 mi
- Fairhead: 11.2 mi
- Cottage Park: 12.9 mi
- Quilley Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
- Bishop's Gate Picnic Site: 17.1 mi
- Ballyhacket View: 18.3 mi
- Beagh Bridge Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Garry Bog Nature Reserve: 6.4 mi
- Lissanduff Earthworks: 8.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of The Kingsroad Trees. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trostan | SE 124° | 550 m | 10.8 mi |
| Slievenanee | SE 133° | 543 m | 10.9 mi |
| Knocklayd | ENE 69° | 514 m | 5.4 mi |
| Slieveanorra | SE 124° | 508 m | 7.4 mi |
| Benbradagh | WSW 236° | 465 m | 23.5 mi |
| Carn Tóchair | SW 223° | 464 m | 22.3 mi |
| Skerry Hill | SE 142° | 459 m | 10.0 mi |
| Carn Hill | SW 230° | 448 m | 23.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 17:50 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 04:46 | 21:08 | 22:10 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:39 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 08:50 | 14:43 | 15:58 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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