Historic site
Alexander Irvine
Alexander Irvine is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Trostan stands 550 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Alexander Irvine Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 7.1 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Ulster History Circle
How to reach it
Coordinates54.71368, -6.21566
- 7.1 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Overlooks nearby
- The Mount · 20 mi
- The Glens of Antrim · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Alexander Irvine Park: 0.0 mi
- Antrim Castle Gardens & Clotworthy House: 0.5 mi
- Round Tower: 0.8 mi
- Carnbeg Park: 1.7 mi
- Wallace Park: 5.0 mi
Historic sites
- Antrim Castle: 0.4 mi
- Pump Tower: 0.4 mi
- Shane's Castle: 2.3 mi
- Shane's Castle: 2.6 mi
- War Memorial: 6.4 mi
Attractions
- Duck Pond: 0.4 mi
- Antrim Round Tower: 0.8 mi
- the Doagh Holestone: 6.2 mi
- Ulster New Zealand Centre: 9.7 mi
- ECOS Centre: 10.7 mi
Artworks
- The Wolfhound: 0.5 mi
- Protector of the Lough: 1.0 mi
- Greystone Roundabout Sculpture: 1.2 mi
- Swans statue: 1.9 mi
- Painted Standing Stones: 5.7 mi
Peaks
- Carnearny: 4.1 mi
- Tardree Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Drumadarragh Hill: 7.0 mi
- Big Collin: 8.1 mi
- Irish Hill: 9.4 mi
Gardens: 54
- Parterre Garden: 0.5 mi
- Walled Garden: 1.1 mi
- Memorial Garden: 10.9 mi
- Ahoghill Community Garden: 11.2 mi
- Belfast Castle Gardens: 12.0 mi
Museums: 35
- Garden Heritage Exhibition: 0.5 mi
- The Landscape Centre: 3.5 mi
- Sentry Hill Historic House: 9.6 mi
- Mid-Antrim Museum: 10.7 mi
- Gracehill Village Old School Museum: 10.7 mi
Nature reserves: 13
- Slievenacloy Nature Reserve: 11.4 mi
- RSPB Portmore Lough Reserve: 11.4 mi
- Belshaw's Quarry Nature Reserve: 13.0 mi
- Bog Meadows: 13.4 mi
- RSPB Belfast Lough: 14.7 mi
Waterfalls: 10
- Glenoe Waterfall: 16.4 mi
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 16.5 mi
- Stepping Stones: 21.1 mi
- Cranny Falls: 21.1 mi
- Grillagh Waterfall: 21.1 mi
Springs: 7
- Tobernaveen: 3.6 mi
- Volunteers' Well: 11.9 mi
- Holy Well: 14.4 mi
- Lady's Well: 14.5 mi
- Official Start Of The Clady River: 18.7 mi
Beaches: 5
- Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach: 13.1 mi
- Seapark Beach: 16.3 mi
- Browns bay walk: 20.4 mi
- Brompton Bay: 21.4 mi
- Skippingstone Beach: 21.7 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Limestone Quarry: 11.4 mi
- Bellevue Area of Special Scientific Interest: 11.4 mi
- Cave Hill: 11.6 mi
- Ballygalley Head: 19.6 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Coltrim Picnic Park: 18.6 mi
- Ballyforles Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
- Craigadick Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
- Beagh Bridge Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Alexander Irvine. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trostan | N 6° | 550 m | 23.1 mi |
| Slievenanee | N 4° | 543 m | 21.7 mi |
| Slieve Gallion | W 274° | 526.6 m | 21.8 mi |
| Slieve Gallion NE Top | W 277° | 493.6 m | 20.9 mi |
| Divis | SE 132° | 478 m | 10.6 mi |
| Agnew's Hill | NE 51° | 474 m | 14.5 mi |
| Skerry Hill | N 359° | 459 m | 21.2 mi |
| Mid Hill | NNE 11° | 440 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 17:50 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 04:48 | 21:06 | 22:07 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:39 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 08:47 | 14:47 | 16:00 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
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