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Churchtown Horse Racing Heritage

Churchtown Horse Racing Heritage from directly overhead

Churchtown Horse Racing Heritage is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 96 m. Seefin Mountain West Top stands 528 m to the east-northeast, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Windmill Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away.

Horse racing has been synonymous woth the pocal area since a horse won the Irish Derby in 1902.

The story

Village in County Cork, Republic of Ireland.

Wikidata Q4518970, matched on coordinates and name (220 m apart).

How to reach it

Coordinates52.27143, -8.73126

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Windmill Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Cashlaunowen: 4.0 mi
  • Carrigeen: 4.8 mi
  • Caroline Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • Knocknatallig: 5.5 mi
Historic sites: 58
Springs
Parks: 24
  • Town Park: 6.0 mi
  • Doneraile Wildlife Park: 7.5 mi
  • Dromcollogher Community Park: 9.0 mi
  • Greenane Park: 9.8 mi
  • O'Brien Street Park: 9.8 mi
Attractions: 15
Gardens: 9
  • Carraig Mór: 9.9 mi
  • Mallow Castle House: 10.2 mi
  • Castle Gardens: 19.1 mi
  • Glenville Park Walled Garden: 20.1 mi
  • Condon's Corner: 22.2 mi
Artworks: 8
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Power’s Bridge: 17.5 mi
  • Assaroula Waterfall: 21.4 mi
  • Ballard Waterfall: 23.6 mi
  • Mullinhassig Waterfall: 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Three Counties: 20.6 mi
  • Glansheskin Forest Recreation Area: 21.8 mi
  • Clogheenmilcon Nature Reserve Blarney End: 24.8 mi
  • Clogheenmilcon Nature Reserve Killeens End: 24.9 mi
Museums: 3
  • National Co-op Museum: 8.8 mi
  • The Eamonn De Valera Museum: 11.0 mi
  • Millstreet Museum & Tourist Information Centre: 20.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • Clogheenmilcon Sanctuary: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Churchtown Horse Racing Heritage. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Seefin Mountain West TopENE528 m9.3 mi
Seefin Mountain East TopENE510 m9.8 mi
Seefin South-East TopENE504 m9.6 mi
SlievereaghENE465 m15.7 mi
Carron MountainENE447 m7.1 mi
Mount HillarySSW444 m12.1 mi
Little CarronENE440 m7.5 mi
Coolfree MountainE437 m10.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0318:48
June solstice05:1421:0522:01
September equinox07:2118:5119:36
December solstice08:4315:2116:24

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6206620552

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