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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
Peaks
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: 52
Gardens: 52
Springs: 42
  • 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: 28
Nature reserves: 19
Cliffs: 12
Waterfalls: 10
Picnic sites: 5
  • Hawk Cliff: 1.5 mi
  • Toni's: 9.0 mi
  • BBQ Area: 20.4 mi
  • Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 20.5 mi
  • Poplar Square: 23.1 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
KippureSW757 m11.8 mi
DjouceSSW726 m12.1 mi
SeefinganWSW723 m12.6 mi
War HillSSW685 m11.8 mi
CarrigvoreSW682 m13.9 mi
SeahanWSW647 m12.1 mi
TonduffSW642 m10.8 mi
White HillSSW631 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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