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French Landing 1798

French Landing 1798 from directly overhead

French Landing 1798 is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Nephin stands 806 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Tonnta na Blianta, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 1.0 miles off. 153 named places lie within 25 miles, 44 of them named summits.

Humbert landing in 1798

How to reach it

Coordinates54.27434, -9.20935

Overlooks nearby

153 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites: 47
  • Castlelacken: 2.3 mi
  • Rathlacken Court Cairn: 3.1 mi
  • Creevagh Signal Tower: 3.4 mi
  • Cross Fort: 5.5 mi
  • Mullafarry Old Church: 6.0 mi
Peaks: 44
Springs: 20
  • St Cummins Well: 0.2 mi
  • Tobercashleen: 5.5 mi
  • Tobercarney: 5.8 mi
  • Tobernasool: 6.9 mi
  • Bride's Well: 7.6 mi
Attractions: 13
Beaches: 7
Parks: 3
  • The Inter Communication Park: 3.9 mi
  • Castle Fields: 6.4 mi
  • Easkey Abbey: 10.1 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Grow It Yourself Ballina Community Garden: 11.2 mi
  • Walled Garden: 11.3 mi
  • Kitchen Garden: 13.4 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Pollatarrive: 5.2 mi
  • Blowhole: 9.3 mi
Museums: 2
  • The Jackie Clarke Collection: 11.3 mi
  • Michael Davitt Museum: 24.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Templeboy Picnic Area: 16.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of French Landing 1798. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
NephinSSW806 m19.2 mi
Slieve CarrSW721 m23.1 mi
BirreencorraghSSW698 m22.9 mi
Nephin BegSW627 m23.9 mi
Birreencorragh South TopSSW564 m24.0 mi
Birreencorragh West TopSSW551 m23.3 mi
KnockalongyESE544 m19.0 mi
Knockalongy North-East TopESE541 m19.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4118:0318:50
June solstice05:0321:1622:16
September equinox07:2318:5119:38
December solstice08:5615:0416:15

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4666029924

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