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Scilly Park

Scilly Park from directly overhead

Scilly Park is a garden, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Burren stands 433 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Hippy Murphy Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 0.3 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates51.70578, -8.51622

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hippy Murphy Park: 0.1 mi
  • The Bowling Green: 0.3 mi
  • Sea Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Dan Cummins Park: 0.9 mi
  • The Village Park: 7.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Tim & Mortimer McCarthy Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Peter Barry: 0.3 mi
  • Desmond Castle: 0.4 mi
  • World War I Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • James Fort Block House: 0.5 mi
Artworks: 52
Attractions: 43
  • Spanish Galleon Mainmast: 0.2 mi
  • Kinsale Harbour Cruises: 0.2 mi
  • Don & Barry’s Historic Stroll: 0.3 mi
  • Dermot Ryan's Heritage Town Walks: 0.3 mi
  • Kinsale Deep Sea Angling Charters: 0.3 mi
Springs: 43
  • Lady's Well: 1.1 mi
  • Tobar Nuadhan: 2.6 mi
  • St Laitiarain's Well: 4.7 mi
  • Sunday’s Well: 4.9 mi
  • Sunday's Well: 5.2 mi
Beaches: 38
Museums: 21
Gardens: 17
Peaks: 13
  • Knockrush: 2.0 mi
  • Grange Hill: 12.1 mi
  • Knockshanawee: 16.4 mi
  • Green Hill: 17.9 mi
  • Corran Hill: 18.9 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Ballinadee Millenium Project: 4.7 mi
  • Innishannon Woods: 7.6 mi
  • Clogheenmilcon Nature Reserve Blarney End: 15.6 mi
  • Clogheenmilcon Nature Reserve Killeens End: 15.7 mi
  • Rostellen Woods picnic area: 17.0 mi
Nature reserves: 6
  • Loughbeg Bird Reserve: 11.2 mi
  • Cuskinny Marsh Bird Sanctuary: 15.1 mi
  • Clogheenmilcon Sanctuary: 15.6 mi
  • Irish National Forestry Foundation: 20.8 mi
  • Long Strand Dunes: 21.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
Cliffs: 1
  • Interesting Cliffs Ring: 15.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Mullinhassig Waterfall: 20.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
BurrenNW 317°433 m24.2 mi
Clearagh HillWNW 296°288 m19.5 mi
Bottle HillN 355°286 m23.8 mi
Rock HillNNW 348°231 m23.3 mi
Corran HillW 269°228 m18.9 mi
Lyradane MountainNNW 346°226 m23.0 mi
KnockshanaweeNW 314°210 m16.4 mi
Devonshire's HillNNE 24°200 m24.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0218:47
June solstice05:1621:0221:57
September equinox07:2018:5119:35
December solstice08:3915:2416:27

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • European Herring Gull70 obs
  • Grey Heron52 obs
  • Wall Pennywort40 obs
  • Ivy-leaved toadflax38 obs
  • Black-headed Gull38 obs
  • Eurasian Jackdaw34 obs
  • Rook32 obs
  • White Wagtail28 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/705832205

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