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Italian Sunken Garden

Italian Sunken Garden from directly overhead

Italian Sunken Garden is a garden, at a modelled elevation of 62 m. Blackstairs Mountain stands 732 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Johnstown Castle, a historic site 0.1 miles away. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Access
Customers only

How to reach it

Coordinates52.29431, -6.50383

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Springs
Artworks: 46
Peaks: 44
  • Carrickadee: 2.9 mi
  • Forth Mountain: 2.9 mi
  • Clorane: 3.1 mi
  • Skeater Rock: 3.1 mi
  • Drooping Rock: 3.1 mi
Beaches: 38
Attractions: 27
Parks: 19
  • The Rocks: 3.1 mi
  • Republican Garden of Rememberance: 3.6 mi
  • Redmond Memorial Park: 3.6 mi
  • The Irish National Heritage Park: 3.8 mi
  • The Square: 6.6 mi
Gardens: 15
  • Johnstown Castle Walled Gardens: 0.3 mi
  • The Old Melon Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Village Garden: 4.7 mi
  • St. Anne's Grotto: 5.5 mi
  • Tara Cottage: 6.9 mi
Museums: 8
Cliffs: 1
  • Carricjmore Cliff: 18.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • The Cahore Polders and Dunes: 20.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Italian Sunken Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blackstairs MountainNW 324°732.1 m21.7 mi
Moats of CraanNNW 335°656.5 m24.9 mi
Black Rock MountainNNW 337°599.6 m24.3 mi
KnockroeNNW 330°538.77 m23.9 mi
Brandon HillNW 307°515 m24.8 mi
White MountainNW 316°509 m20.5 mi
CarrigroeNW 318°495 m20.8 mi
Bran PoceaghNW 315°489 m20.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3017:5418:39
June solstice05:0520:5721:52
September equinox07:1218:4219:27
December solstice08:3415:1116:15

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Little Grebe20 obs
  • Mute Swan15 obs
  • Common Chaffinch12 obs
  • Eurasian Jackdaw10 obs
  • Mallard9 obs
  • Blue-tailed Damselfly8 obs
  • Common Blue Damselfly8 obs
  • Rock Pigeon7 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/145066218

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