B-17 WWII Crash Memorial
B-17 WWII Crash Memorial is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 209 m. Slieve Croob stands 534 m to the south, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Vicuna, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 1.7 miles off.
A memorial to the ten crew members of a B-17 which crashed into Cave Hill on the 1st June 1944 when flying through cloud while attempting to land at Nutts Corner airport. The story of this event inspired the 2007 movie "Closing the Ring".
What the record says
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Overlooks nearby
- The Mount · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Vicuna: 0.0 mi
- Malayan Sun Bear: 0.0 mi
- Cheetah: 0.0 mi
- Lowland gorilla: 0.1 mi
- Gorilla House: 0.1 mi
- Throne Park: 0.4 mi
- Cave Hill Country Park: 0.5 mi
- V36: 0.7 mi
- V36: 0.8 mi
- Valley Park: 0.8 mi
- McArt's Fort: 0.4 mi
- Cavehill: 0.4 mi
- Collinward: 0.6 mi
- Squires Hill: 1.7 mi
- Carnmoney Hill: 1.8 mi
- #RememberMyNoah: 0.6 mi
- The Peace Gate: 0.7 mi
- The Wishing Tree Sculpture: 0.8 mi
- Origin Sculpture: 1.5 mi
- The Mayfly: 1.6 mi
- Belfast Castle: 0.7 mi
- Giants chair: 0.7 mi
- Aluminum Christmas tree: 0.9 mi
- Stephen Boyd: 1.5 mi
- Ruined Farmhouse: 1.5 mi
- Belfast Castle Gardens: 0.7 mi
- Bawnmore Memorial Garden: 0.9 mi
- King's Coronation Garden: 1.8 mi
- Peas Park Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Westland Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- The White House: 1.5 mi
- Sentry Hill Historic House: 2.8 mi
- Museum At The Mill: 3.0 mi
- Crumlin Road Gaol: 3.0 mi
- Thompson Dock Pump House: 3.1 mi
- RSPB Belfast Lough: 3.1 mi
- Bog Meadows: 4.7 mi
- Lagan Meadows: 6.3 mi
- Slievenacloy Nature Reserve: 7.5 mi
- Kiltonga Nature Reserve: 9.8 mi
- Volunteers' Well: 0.3 mi
- Tobernaveen: 12.6 mi
- Spa Well: 15.9 mi
- St. Mary's Well: 19.4 mi
- Sunday Well: 19.5 mi
- Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach: 1.9 mi
- Seapark Beach: 4.8 mi
- Brompton Bay: 10.4 mi
- Skippingstone Beach: 10.7 mi
- Browns bay walk: 15.5 mi
- Cave Hill: 0.3 mi
- Bellevue Area of Special Scientific Interest: 0.5 mi
- Limestone Quarry: 1.0 mi
- Ballygalley Head: 17.5 mi
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 6.3 mi
- Glenoe Waterfall: 11.1 mi
- Stepping Stones: 18.5 mi
- Cranny Falls: 24.0 mi
- Cuan Beach: 21.4 mi
- Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
- Seaforde Picnic Site: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of B-17 WWII Crash Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Croob | S 183° | 534 m | 21.6 mi |
| Divis | SW 227° | 478 m | 4.2 mi |
| Agnew's Hill | N 1° | 474 m | 13.4 mi |
| Slievenisky | S 182° | 446 m | 22.2 mi |
| Slemish | NNW 339° | 437.9 m | 17.0 mi |
| Cratlieve | S 187° | 429 m | 22.2 mi |
| Soarns Hill | NNW 343° | 403 m | 22.2 mi |
| Douglas Top | NNW 342° | 402 m | 15.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:28 | 17:49 | 18:37 |
| June solstice | 04:48 | 21:04 | 22:05 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:38 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 08:45 | 14:47 | 16:00 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10878208430
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