Blackrock Castle
Blackrock Castle is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Seefin East Top stands 491 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Old coast guard station ruin, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 14 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Blackrock Castle is a castellated fortification located at Blackrock, about 2 km from Cork city centre on the banks of the River Lee in Ireland. Originally developed as a coastal defence fortification in the 16th century to protect upper Cork Harbour and port, the site now houses an observatory, visitor centre and restaurant.
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Wikidata Q4185813, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Limited
How to reach it
- 14.4 mi off the Wild Atlantic Way, National
Overlooks nearby
- Old Head · 20 mi
- Timoleague View · 24 mi
- Inchydoney & Coast Views · 28 mi
- Coast View · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Old coast guard station ruin: 0.3 mi
- Coach House: 1.4 mi
- Wallingstown Castle: 1.4 mi
- Tinker's Cross Park: 1.6 mi
- Ship's Grid: 1.9 mi
- Lough Mahon Park: 0.5 mi
- Blackrock Garden: 0.6 mi
- Seán Cronin Park: 0.7 mi
- Holland Park: 0.8 mi
- Fountain Park: 1.0 mi
- Cork Coat of Arms: 0.6 mi
- Dolmen: 0.9 mi
- Three kids playing football: 1.6 mi
- Jesus: 1.6 mi
- Reedpod: 2.7 mi
- Lady's Well: 5.2 mi
- Lady's Well: 5.6 mi
- Tobereenmurry: 7.0 mi
- Toberanogaunig: 7.1 mi
- Sunday Well: 7.5 mi
- Huguenot Graveyard: 3.0 mi
- Saint Peter's: 3.3 mi
- Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral: 3.4 mi
- Rainbow Pride Walkway: 3.8 mi
- Fota Arboretum and Gardens: 4.3 mi
- Devonshire's Hill: 10.0 mi
- Grange Hill: 10.4 mi
- Bottle Hill: 12.3 mi
- Knockaroura: 13.4 mi
- Rock Hill: 13.5 mi
- Cuskinny: 6.5 mi
- Shell Beach: 6.7 mi
- Stone Beach: 7.4 mi
- Glenmore Strand: 7.6 mi
- Ballybrassil Beach: 7.9 mi
- Cork City Hall Gardens: 2.7 mi
- Chernobyl Remembrance Birch Grove: 3.1 mi
- Cork Rooftop Farm: 3.1 mi
- Shandon Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Coosheen Garden: 3.6 mi
- Collins Barracks Military Museum: 2.6 mi
- Nano Nagle Heritage Centre: 3.0 mi
- Cork Folklore Project: 3.1 mi
- The Butter Museum: 3.2 mi
- The Counting House: 3.2 mi
- Clogheenmilcon Nature Reserve Killeens End: 5.9 mi
- Clogheenmilcon Nature Reserve Blarney End: 6.4 mi
- Rostellen Woods picnic area: 9.8 mi
- Innishannon Woods: 14.7 mi
- Ballinadee Millenium Project: 16.2 mi
- Cuskinny Marsh Bird Sanctuary: 6.3 mi
- Clogheenmilcon Sanctuary: 6.4 mi
- Loughbeg Bird Reserve: 6.8 mi
- Power’s Bridge: 13.6 mi
- Mullinhassig Waterfall: 18.6 mi
- Ballard Waterfall: 24.4 mi
- Lover's Leap: 18.7 mi
- Lover' Leap: 18.7 mi
- Clonavrick Cliff: 23.5 mi
- Pairc Ath Na hEorna: 9.9 mi
- N25 Picnic Site: 13.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blackrock Castle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seefin East Top | WNW 292° | 491 m | 23.3 mi |
| Seefin | WNW 291° | 491 m | 24.3 mi |
| Mount Hillary | NW 308° | 444.1 m | 23.6 mi |
| Knockcraugh Hill | WNW 293° | 434 m | 21.8 mi |
| Burren | W 281° | 433 m | 21.9 mi |
| Knocknaskagh | N 355° | 426.5 m | 14.4 mi |
| Seefin | NNW 348° | 424 m | 14.1 mi |
| Bweengduff | NW 306° | 416 m | 19.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:38 | 18:02 | 18:46 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 21:03 | 21:58 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:50 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 08:40 | 15:22 | 16:25 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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