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Grange Castle

Grange Castle is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 79 m. Croghan Hill stands 287 m to the west-southwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Tobernakill, a spring 0.6 miles away.

The story

Grange Castle, Irish: Caisleán na Gráinsí, is a tower house in Grange West, County Kildare, Ireland. It is an Irish National Monument.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q22083996, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates53.37503, -7.06801

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Tobernakill: 0.6 mi
  • Scully's Well: 1.0 mi
  • Beaghan's Well: 1.7 mi
  • Corberry's Well: 1.8 mi
  • Sallow Spring: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Carrick Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Donahans Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Mullahanna Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Carbury Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Ballykilleen Hill: 4.9 mi
Parks
  • Coursing Park: 2.2 mi
  • Cokery Green Park: 2.4 mi
  • Derry Park: 2.5 mi
  • Blundel Park: 2.6 mi
  • Blundell Park: 2.7 mi
Attractions: 39
  • The Fairy Bower: 8.7 mi
  • Lullymore Heritage Park: 8.7 mi
  • The Grill Shack: 11.4 mi
  • Cloncurry Graveyard: 11.7 mi
  • The Kildare Maze: 13.3 mi
Artworks: 38
Gardens: 18
  • Balindoolin House And Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Ballindoolin House Walled Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Victorian Walled Garden: 14.2 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 14.2 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 16.2 mi
Picnic sites: 11
Museums: 11
Nature reserves: 6
Waterfalls: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Grange Castle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Croghan HillWSW 257°287 m8.9 mi
Hill of UisneachWNW 292°235.5 m21.8 mi
Dunmurry HillSSE 155°234 m13.4 mi
Grange HillSSE 151°223 m13.3 mi
Ben of ForeNNW 344°217 m22.1 mi
KnockeyonNNW 331°216 m19.6 mi
Hill of AllenSE 140°206 m13.1 mi
Red HillSSE 161°194 m14.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3217:5518:41
June solstice05:0021:0322:01
September equinox07:1418:4419:30
December solstice08:4215:0416:12

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/769146474

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