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Glenarm Castle

Glenarm Castle is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Trostan stands 550 m to the northwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Glenarm Castle Walled Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route runs past it. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

Glenarm Castle, Glenarm, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, is the ancestral home of the Earl of Antrim.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1636.

Wikidata Q617342, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates54.96617, -5.95600

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Parks
  • Play Park: 1.6 mi
  • Ballygally Park: 6.0 mi
  • Carnfunnock Country Park: 6.7 mi
  • Garron Road Amenity Site: 7.1 mi
  • Drains Bay Park: 7.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Standing Stone: 3.3 mi
  • Ballygally Castle: 6.0 mi
  • Galboly - Hidden Village: 6.2 mi
  • Cairncastle: 6.2 mi
  • Hillmount House: 7.7 mi
Peaks: 59
  • Black Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Binnagee: 3.0 mi
  • Mulaghboy Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Ballygilbert Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Little Trosk: 4.0 mi
Artworks: 59
  • The Ballygally Resident Polar Bear: 6.1 mi
  • Giant Bird Table: 6.8 mi
  • Jaunting Car: 9.5 mi
  • The Drum: 9.6 mi
  • Richard Hayfield Mural: 9.6 mi
Gardens: 26
  • Glenarm Castle Walled Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Carnfunnock Walled Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Bog Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Drumalis House Private Grounds: 9.7 mi
  • Glenooe Community Garden: 12.5 mi
Museums: 22
Cliffs: 8
  • Ballygalley Head: 6.4 mi
  • Fairhead: 19.0 mi
  • Fairhead - Farrangandoo: 19.4 mi
  • Fairhead - Ballycastle Descent Gully West: 19.5 mi
  • Fairhead - The Prow: 19.5 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Cranny Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Ess-Na-Crub Waterfall: 6.7 mi
  • Ess-na-Larach Waterfall: 6.8 mi
  • Hermit's Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Glenoe Waterfall: 12.5 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Browns bay walk: 10.9 mi
  • Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach: 21.1 mi
  • Seapark Beach: 22.5 mi
  • Brompton Bay: 23.3 mi
  • Skippingstone Beach: 23.5 mi
Springs: 4
Picnic sites: 1
  • Cottage Park: 9.1 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • RSPB Belfast Lough: 23.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
TrostanNW 305°550 m9.6 mi
SlievenaneeWNW 296°543 m9.7 mi
KnocklaydNW 319°514 m17.9 mi
SlieveanorraNW 305°508 m13.0 mi
DivisS 186°478 m24.6 mi
Agnew's HillS 174°474 m8.3 mi
Skerry HillWNW 289°459 m11.3 mi
Mid HillW 275°440 m6.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2817:4918:37
June solstice04:4521:0622:07
September equinox07:1018:3819:25
December solstice08:4714:4415:58

Local time (Europe/London).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/194487381

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