Glenarm Castle
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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. 58 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
How to reach it
- On the Causeway Coastal Route
Overlooks nearby
- The Mount · 1 mi
- The Glens of Antrim · 9 mi
- Big Dan's Chair Viewpoint · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Madman's Window (rock formation): 1.2 mi
- Braavos Canal: 2.3 mi
- Ser Arlan's Cottage: 6.1 mi
- Lime Kiln: 7.0 mi
- Glenariff Forest Park: 7.6 mi
- 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
- Black Hill: 3.0 mi
- Binnagee: 3.0 mi
- Mulaghboy Hill: 3.1 mi
- Ballygilbert Hill: 3.2 mi
- Little Trosk: 4.0 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Larne Museum & Art Centre: 9.5 mi
- Mid-Antrim Museum: 14.6 mi
- Gracehill Village Old School Museum: 16.7 mi
- Railway Preservation Society of Ireland: 17.4 mi
- The Landscape Centre: 18.1 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Tobernaveen: 16.9 mi
- Holy Well: 21.6 mi
- Lady's Well: 21.7 mi
- Volunteers' Well: 22.0 mi
- Cottage Park: 9.1 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trostan | NW 305° | 550 m | 9.6 mi |
| Slievenanee | WNW 296° | 543 m | 9.7 mi |
| Knocklayd | NW 319° | 514 m | 17.9 mi |
| Slieveanorra | NW 305° | 508 m | 13.0 mi |
| Divis | S 186° | 478 m | 24.6 mi |
| Agnew's Hill | S 174° | 474 m | 8.3 mi |
| Skerry Hill | WNW 289° | 459 m | 11.3 mi |
| Mid Hill | W 275° | 440 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:28 | 17:49 | 18:37 |
| June solstice | 04:45 | 21:06 | 22:07 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:38 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 08:47 | 14:44 | 15:58 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/194487381
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