Rossbeigh Beach
Rossbeigh Beach is a beach, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Skregmore stands 848 m to the east-southeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Laghtshee, a peak 1.5 miles away. Ring of Kerry passes 1.6 miles off.
The story
Rossbeigh, or Rossbehy (Irish: Ros Beithe, meaning 'headland of the birch trees'), is a sandspit with beaches on either side, located approximately 1.6 km from the village of Glenbeigh, in County Kerry, Ireland. It is on the Ring of Kerry, on the Dingle Bay side of the Iveragh Peninsula. Rossbeigh contains a large volume of sand dunes and herbaceous vegetation. It is considered an important habitat for flora and fauna, including wildfowl (salmon and clam are locally farmed). The beach is on the Wild Atlantic Way tourist route.
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Wikidata Q7369750, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Ring of Kerry
- 0.9 mi off the Wild Atlantic Way, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mountain Stage · 3 mi
- Bothar na gcloch · 11 mi
- An Chonair · 13 mi
- Sneem Graveyard · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rossbeigh Tower: 1.8 mi
- Cloghanearone Cillín: 4.2 mi
- Jerome Connor: 6.7 mi
- Jerome Connor Monument: 6.8 mi
- Caisleán na Mine Airde: 7.0 mi
- Turrasnadiha Well: 5.4 mi
- Toberreedoney: 7.4 mi
- Tobar Cathrach na Coille: 9.1 mi
- Toberanulla: 9.1 mi
- Tobar an Choimín: 9.4 mi
- 40: 11.7 mi
- Maughanablagher Cliffs: 12.1 mi
- 10: 12.3 mi
- 2: 17.6 mi
- 2: 17.6 mi
- Kerry Bog Village: 3.9 mi
- Sheep Dog Training: 5.1 mi
- Statue of Our Lady: 6.7 mi
- Ring of Kerry Killorglin: 8.4 mi
- Crash site of USAAF Dakota: 12.7 mi
- Tom Crean: 6.7 mi
- Hanifin Memorial Sculpture: 12.1 mi
- Fungie the Dolphin: 13.7 mi
- Hell Boy: 14.9 mi
- Tree of Life: 16.2 mi
- Bunaneer Strand: 5.7 mi
- Kells Beach: 6.3 mi
- Emlagh Strand: 14.3 mi
- Sandy Bay Beach: 14.8 mi
- Fenit Beach: 15.0 mi
- Jerome Connor Memorial Park: 6.7 mi
- Páirc Bhaile an Daingin: 13.5 mi
- North Square Park: 16.2 mi
- South Square Park: 16.3 mi
- Robert Emmett Park: 16.3 mi
- Kells Bay Gardens: 6.3 mi
- Tom Crean Memorial Garden: 6.7 mi
- Sally Garden: 16.4 mi
- Garden of the Senses: 16.4 mi
- Ballymullen Roundabout: 17.8 mi
- Lough Nambrackdarrig Nature Reserve: 3.3 mi
- Tralee Bay Wetlands Eco and Activity Park: 17.3 mi
- Arboretum: 20.3 mi
- Mucksna Nature Reserve: 21.4 mi
- Habitat of Derreenies: 22.2 mi
- Valentia Island Lighthouse: 17.5 mi
- Kerry County Museum: 17.8 mi
- Irish Famine Cottages: 18.8 mi
- Músaem Chorca Dhuibhne: 19.5 mi
- Skellig Experience Centre: 20.8 mi
- O'Sullivan's Cascade: 16.8 mi
- Torc Waterfall: 20.4 mi
- Gleninchaquin Waterfall: 23.0 mi
- Dromanassig Waterfall: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Rossbeigh Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skregmore | ESE 113° | 847.7 m | 9.9 mi |
| Com an Charria | SSW 198° | 772 m | 6.6 mi |
| Teeromoyle Mountain | SSW 203° | 760 m | 6.3 mi |
| Cnoc Íochtair | ESE 114° | 746.3 m | 9.5 mi |
| Meenteog | S 184° | 715 m | 6.2 mi |
| Colly | S 177° | 679 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mullaghnarakill | SSW 210° | 665 m | 5.5 mi |
| Beenmore | SW 220° | 660 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:08 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 21:09 | 22:05 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 18:56 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 08:47 | 15:27 | 16:31 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/225253340
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