Cliff · Ireland
Lover's Leap
Lover's Leap is a cliff, at a modelled elevation of 94 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the west, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Carrigoona, a peak 0.8 miles away.
What the record says
- Height
- 24 m
How to reach it
Coordinates53.18424, -6.15344
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Carrigoona: 0.8 mi
- Sugarlump: 1.5 mi
- Walker's Rock: 1.8 mi
- Little Sugar Loaf: 2.0 mi
- Great Sugarloaf: 2.1 mi
Parks
- Ballywaltrim Park: 1.2 mi
- People's Park: 2.0 mi
- Sans Souci Wood: 2.2 mi
- Sidmonton Park: 2.4 mi
- Seafront Park: 2.6 mi
Gardens
- Japanese Garden: 1.2 mi
- Italian Garden: 1.3 mi
- Walled Garden: 1.4 mi
- Victorian Walled Garden: 2.0 mi
- Sunken Garden: 2.1 mi
Artworks
- Je suis l'Immaculée Conception: 1.3 mi
- Winged Horses: 1.3 mi
- Winged Horses: 1.3 mi
- Sitting Mercury: 1.3 mi
- The Spitting Men: 1.3 mi
Attractions
- Powerscourt Estate: 1.4 mi
- Powerscourt House: 1.4 mi
- Kilruddery House and Gardens: 2.1 mi
- Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation: 5.8 mi
- Glencree German War Cemetery: 5.9 mi
Historic sites
- Johnny Fox's Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Oldcourt Castle: 1.7 mi
- Killegar Church: 1.9 mi
- Old Connaught Church: 1.9 mi
- Proclamation of the Irish Republic: 2.2 mi
Museums: 56
- Explorium: National Sport and Science Centre: 6.7 mi
- Imaginosity: 7.0 mi
- James Joyce Tower and Museum: 7.4 mi
- National Maritime Museum of Ireland: 7.5 mi
- Pearse Museum: 8.6 mi
Springs: 53
- Bride's Well: 3.0 mi
- Saint James' Well: 5.0 mi
- Source of Dargle River: 5.4 mi
- Source of River Liffey: 6.0 mi
- Well of Gailline: 6.6 mi
Beaches: 32
- Bray Beach: 2.7 mi
- Naylor's Cove: 2.8 mi
- North Beach: 3.5 mi
- The Cove: 4.5 mi
- Greystones South Beach: 4.8 mi
Nature reserves: 21
- The Bog Meadow: 1.1 mi
- Ballyman Glen: 1.3 mi
- Knocksink Wood: 2.0 mi
- Barnaslingan Wood: 2.6 mi
- Dingle Glen: 3.9 mi
Cliffs: 20
- The Shaft: 3.2 mi
- Streaky Slab: 3.2 mi
- Streaky Slab: 3.2 mi
- Telegraph Slab: 3.3 mi
- Bracket Slab: 3.3 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- Powerscourt Waterfall: 3.6 mi
- Devil's Glen Waterfall: 10.8 mi
- Glenmacnass Waterfall: 11.2 mi
- Trooperstown Falls: 13.1 mi
- Jackson's Falls: 13.6 mi
Picnic sites: 5
- Hawk Cliff: 6.3 mi
- Toni's: 12.7 mi
- Poplar Square: 21.2 mi
- Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 24.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Lover's Leap. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kippure | W 267° | 757 m | 7.4 mi |
| Djouce | SW 224° | 725.5 m | 5.1 mi |
| Seefingan | W 274° | 722.9 m | 9.2 mi |
| Duff Hill | WSW 241° | 720.78 m | 10.1 mi |
| Gravale | WSW 243° | 719.004 m | 9.2 mi |
| War Hill | SW 234° | 684.8 m | 5.2 mi |
| Carrigvore | WSW 242° | 682.36 m | 8.0 mi |
| Seahan | WNW 284° | 647.3 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 17:52 | 18:37 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 20:59 | 21:56 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:40 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 08:38 | 15:02 | 16:09 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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