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Tráig Mór

Tráig Mór from directly overhead

Tráig Mór is a beach, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Shehy More stands 546 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is An Cuasín, a beach 0.2 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 1.3 miles off.

Translates as The Big Strand

How to reach it

Coordinates51.52787, -9.15991

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Cnoc Sheáin de Barra: 0.5 mi
  • Carraig a Néalladóra: 0.8 mi
  • Péicín Cnoc Droim Fionn: 1.1 mi
  • Péicín: 1.2 mi
  • Carraig Throunce: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
Beaches
Attractions: 33
Springs: 25
  • Tobar na gCaolán: 1.8 mi
  • Tobar: 1.8 mi
  • Well: 2.1 mi
  • Tobar na Cille: 2.2 mi
  • Tobar an Mhinistir: 2.3 mi
Cliffs: 21
Parks: 14
  • Coolngrane Park: 4.6 mi
  • The Rock: 4.7 mi
  • Rossa Park: 5.1 mi
  • Gearagh Park: 11.9 mi
  • Emmet Place: 13.2 mi
Museums: 10
  • Heritage Centre: 5.1 mi
  • Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa Casket: 8.1 mi
  • Cottage Museum: 9.0 mi
  • Michael Collins House Museum: 13.2 mi
  • Cape Clear Museum: 15.3 mi
Gardens: 9
Artworks: 7
Nature reserves: 5
  • The Warren Dunes: 6.7 mi
  • Long Strand Dunes: 8.6 mi
  • Irish National Forestry Foundation: 15.5 mi
  • Glengarriff Nature Reserve: 23.5 mi
  • Port Ban Nature Reserve, Irish Wildlife Trust: 24.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Fall Down: 3.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • The Bridge: 12.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Kilmurry Woods: 24.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Tráig Mór. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shehy MoreN546 m18.1 mi
Nowen HillNNW535 m13.9 mi
Nowen Hill SW TopNNW509 m13.6 mi
Mullach MéiseNNW494 m14.1 mi
Douce MountainNNW476 m19.3 mi
Doughill MountainNNW471 m20.6 mi
Maughanaclea Hills E TopNNW470 m15.5 mi
Maughanaclea Hills W TopNNW452 m15.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4118:0518:49
June solstice05:2021:0421:58
September equinox07:2318:5319:38
December solstice08:4115:2816:30

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1001543321

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