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Trá na mBó

Trá na mBó from directly overhead

Trá na mBó is a beach, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Shehy More stands 546 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Trá an Oileáin, a beach 0.1 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 1.6 miles off.

The name can be interpreted as the strand of the cows. It can be accessed at low water or by boat

How to reach it

Coordinates51.53326, -9.12910

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Peaks
  • Péicin Thalamh na Gainmhe: 0.4 mi
  • Poll na Slinne: 1.3 mi
  • Cartivourneen: 1.4 mi
  • Cnoc Sheáin de Barra: 1.6 mi
  • Stuaicín: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Myross Church: 0.9 mi
  • Castle Ire: 1.5 mi
  • Raheen Castle: 1.5 mi
  • Coastguard Station: 1.7 mi
  • Swifts Tower: 1.9 mi
Attractions: 32
Springs: 32
  • Tobar na Cille: 0.9 mi
  • Well: 1.5 mi
  • Tobar na gCaolán: 1.6 mi
  • Tobar: 1.6 mi
  • Tobar na gCapall: 1.9 mi
Cliffs: 21
Parks: 14
  • Coolngrane Park: 5.7 mi
  • The Rock: 5.9 mi
  • Rossa Park: 6.3 mi
  • Gearagh Park: 10.8 mi
  • Emmet Place: 11.9 mi
Museums: 10
  • Heritage Centre: 6.3 mi
  • Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa Casket: 7.1 mi
  • Cottage Museum: 7.7 mi
  • Michael Collins House Museum: 11.9 mi
  • Michael Collins Centre: 15.2 mi
Gardens: 9
Artworks: 7
Nature reserves: 5
  • The Warren Dunes: 5.3 mi
  • Long Strand Dunes: 7.2 mi
  • Irish National Forestry Foundation: 14.7 mi
  • Port Ban Nature Reserve, Irish Wildlife Trust: 23.7 mi
  • Glengarriff Nature Reserve: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Kilmurry Woods: 23.7 mi
  • Ballinadee Millenium Project: 24.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Fall Down: 5.0 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • The Bridge: 13.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Trá na mBó. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shehy MoreNNW 346°545.6 m18.0 mi
Nowen HillNNW 339°535.2 m14.0 mi
Nowen Hill SW TopNNW 335°509 m13.8 mi
Mullach MéiseNNW 327°494.3 m14.5 mi
Douce MountainNNW 342°476 m19.3 mi
Doughill MountainNNW 341°471 m20.6 mi
Maughanaclea Hills E TopNNW 337°470 m15.6 mi
Maughanaclea Hills W TopNNW 334°452 m15.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4118:0518:49
June solstice05:2021:0421:58
September equinox07:2318:5319:37
December solstice08:4115:2816:30

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1000447992

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