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Sandycove Beach

Sandycove Beach from directly overhead

Sandycove Beach is a beach, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is James Joyce Tower and Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away.

Sandycove beach is a tiny beach which offers shallow water to paddle and lovely views to admire. This seaside suburb is located around a pleasant harbour and has a famous Martello Tower where the writer James Joyce once stayed for a week as a guest of po

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates53.28852, -6.11450

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Forty Foot: 0.1 mi
  • Bandstand: 0.6 mi
  • The Oratory: 1.1 mi
  • Ernest Walton: 2.2 mi
  • John McCormack: 2.2 mi
Parks
  • The Maze: 0.1 mi
  • People's Park: 0.6 mi
  • Clarinda Park: 0.7 mi
  • Moran Park: 0.8 mi
  • Crosthwaite Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Peaks
Gardens
Springs: 59
  • Well of Gailline: 1.5 mi
  • Scurvy Well: 1.6 mi
  • Saint James' Well: 4.4 mi
  • Saint Broc's Well: 5.3 mi
  • Saint John's Well: 8.0 mi
Beaches: 30
Nature reserves: 21
Cliffs: 15
Waterfalls: 10
Picnic sites: 6
  • Hawk Cliff: 1.5 mi
  • Toni's: 9.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
  • BBQ Area: 20.4 mi
  • Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 20.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Sandycove Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KippureSW 230°757 m11.8 mi
DjouceSSW 206°725.5 m12.1 mi
SeefinganWSW 238°722.9 m12.6 mi
War HillSSW 209°684.8 m11.8 mi
CarrigvoreSW 218°682.36 m13.9 mi
SeahanWSW 246°647.3 m12.1 mi
TonduffSW 216°642 m10.8 mi
White HillSSW 204°631.1 m12.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2817:5118:37
June solstice04:5720:5921:57
September equinox07:1118:4019:26
December solstice08:3815:0116:08

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/35356861

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