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Leixlip Castle

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Leixlip Castle is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 37 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Leixlip Monument, a historic site 0.1 miles away.

The story

country house in County Kildare, Ireland

Wikidata Q55050195, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates53.36197, -6.49071

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Leixlip Monument: 0.1 mi
  • Guinness' Brewery: 0.2 mi
  • Church in Saint Catherine's: 0.8 mi
  • Natalie Murray: 1.1 mi
  • Confey Castle (in ruins): 1.2 mi
Springs
Gardens
Artworks
Attractions
Parks
  • Riverforest Bowl: 0.8 mi
  • Saint Catherine's Park: 1.0 mi
  • Airlie Park: 1.5 mi
  • Tandy's Park: 1.8 mi
  • Vesey Park: 1.9 mi
Peaks
  • Ash Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Saint Patrick's Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Athgoe Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Lyons Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Verschoyle's Hill: 7.3 mi
Museums: 58
Beaches: 28
Nature reserves: 22
Cliffs: 12
Picnic sites: 9
  • Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 7.4 mi
  • Toni's: 7.4 mi
  • Poplar Square: 12.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 16.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Leixlip Castle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KippureSSE 153°757 m14.3 mi
SeefinganSSE 158°722.9 m12.7 mi
SeahanSSE 156°647.3 m11.0 mi
TonduffSSE 146°642 m16.7 mi
SeefinSSE 162°620.6 m12.8 mi
Corrig MountainSSE 154°617.1 m11.4 mi
Black HillS 174°602.2 m16.7 mi
Sorrel HillS 172°599.5 m14.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3017:5318:39
June solstice04:5821:0121:59
September equinox07:1218:4119:27
December solstice08:4015:0216:10

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/29721514

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