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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
Springs
Historic sites
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: 9
Cliffs: 5
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 18.0 miles of Churchtown Horse Racing Heritage. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Seefin Mountain West TopENE 72°528 m9.3 mi
Seefin Mountain East TopENE 73°510 m9.8 mi
Seefin South-East TopENE 76°504 m9.6 mi
SlievereaghENE 62°464.5 m15.7 mi
Carron MountainENE 68°446.7 m7.1 mi
Mount HillarySSW 203°444.1 m12.1 mi
Little CarronENE 71°440.2 m7.5 mi
Coolfree MountainE 81°436.8 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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