Attraction · Ireland
Turoe Stone
Turoe Stone is an attraction, at a modelled elevation of 75 m. Maghera stands 400 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is r, a garden 2.8 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 13 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Coordinates53.25267, -8.56198
- 13.2 mi off the Wild Atlantic Way, National
Overlooks nearby
- Salmon Weir Bridge · 20 mi
- Bird Sanctuary · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Ballybroder Castle: 2.9 mi
- Clougharevaun Castle (ruins): 2.9 mi
- Dunsandle House (ruins): 2.9 mi
- Kilbought Convent: 3.3 mi
- Dunsandle Castle: 3.5 mi
Springs
- Lady's Well: 3.0 mi
- St Bridget's Well: 3.6 mi
- Priest's Well: 4.7 mi
- St Brendan's Wells: 5.5 mi
- Tobermacdruagh: 5.5 mi
Parks: 41
- The Walks: 3.6 mi
- The Long Point: 4.5 mi
- Craughwell AC Athletics Park: 7.8 mi
- Rahasane Turlough Special Conservation Area: 9.4 mi
- Aughrim Park: 10.7 mi
Peaks: 39
- Caheranearl: 10.7 mi
- Knockapollboy: 10.8 mi
- Cashlaundrumlahan: 11.3 mi
- Urraghry Hill: 12.1 mi
- Knocknavana: 12.2 mi
Attractions: 25
- Dartfield Horse Museum: 4.0 mi
- Athenry Abbey: 8.2 mi
- Kilconnell Abbey: 8.7 mi
- The bloody Hollow: 11.0 mi
- Derrybrien Bog Slide: 11.6 mi
Artworks: 20
- Machnamh: 8.2 mi
- The Winged Horse: 8.2 mi
- Bobbyjo: 15.2 mi
- Christ The King: 16.7 mi
- Galway Racehorse: 18.2 mi
Museums: 10
- Heritage Center: 8.3 mi
- Battle of Aughrim Interpretative Centre: 10.6 mi
- Kiltartan Gregory Museum: 14.9 mi
- Old Forge: 15.0 mi
- Galway City Museum: 20.3 mi
Beaches: 10
- White Sands: 17.7 mi
- Ballyloughane Beach: 18.9 mi
- Dead Mans Beach: 19.6 mi
- Grattan Beach: 20.8 mi
- Trawclogh: 21.4 mi
Gardens: 6
- r: 2.8 mi
- Woodville Walled Garden: 6.4 mi
- Famine Garden: 15.4 mi
- Walled Garden: 15.7 mi
- Westside Community Organic Garden: 21.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Cnoc na gCuinín: 23.2 mi
Nature reserves: 1
- Hen Harrier Reserve: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Turoe Stone. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maghera | SSW 198° | 400 m | 20.7 mi |
| Cappaghabaun Mountain | S 176° | 395 m | 19.9 mi |
| Scalp | S 170° | 380 m | 18.1 mi |
| Cappaghabaun Mountain East | S 170° | 378 m | 19.1 mi |
| Turkenagh Mountain | S 176° | 360 m | 18.5 mi |
| Cashlaundrumlahan | SSW 192° | 358 m | 11.3 mi |
| Slievecarran | WSW 240° | 326 m | 21.4 mi |
| Abbey Hill | WSW 249° | 293.8 m | 21.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:38 | 18:01 | 18:47 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 21:09 | 22:06 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:50 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 08:48 | 15:11 | 16:18 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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