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Mint

Mint from directly overhead

Mint is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Eagle Mountain stands 638 m to the north-northeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Gate, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away.

The story

fortified house and National Monument in Carlingford, County Louth, Ireland

Wikidata Q28232372, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates54.04017, -6.18633

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
  • Barnavave: 1.1 mi
  • Slieve Foye: 1.2 mi
  • Slieve Foye North-West Top: 1.6 mi
  • Grange Upper: 2.0 mi
  • The Eagles Rock: 2.1 mi
Parks
  • Rostrevor Foreshore Amenity Area: 4.0 mi
  • Forestbrook Amenity Area: 4.4 mi
  • Omeath Play Park: 4.5 mi
  • Warrenpoint Park: 4.8 mi
  • Warrenpoint Marine Parade Amenity Area: 4.9 mi
Cliffs: 50
  • Pigeon Rock: 8.8 mi
  • Rising Tide Area: 9.9 mi
  • Goin Back Area: 9.9 mi
  • Sullivan's Travel Area: 9.9 mi
  • No Alibi Area: 9.9 mi
Artworks: 48
  • The Black Crow of Omeath: 0.4 mi
  • The Brown Bull of Cooley: 0.4 mi
  • Proposal Stone: 0.4 mi
  • The Hare and the Silver Fish of Kilkeel: 0.4 mi
  • Finn McCool's Chair: 0.4 mi
Picnic sites: 25
Springs: 24
Attractions: 19
Gardens: 10
Museums: 7
Nature reserves: 6
Beaches: 3
  • Beach - Costa del Ceanfield: 5.4 mi
  • Tyrella Beach: 23.3 mi
  • Rossglass Beach: 24.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Black Stairs: 15.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Mint. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eagle MountainNNE 28°638 m7.9 mi
ShanlieveNNE 27°626 m7.6 mi
Slieve FoyeW 280°589 m1.2 mi
FinlieveNNE 30°578 m6.2 mi
SlievemoughanmoreNNE 27°560 m8.6 mi
Slieve Foye North-West TopWNW 294°535 m1.6 mi
Pigeon Rock Mountain South TopNNE 32°530 m9.2 mi
The Eagles RockWNW 299°528 m2.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2917:5118:38
June solstice04:5321:0222:02
September equinox07:1118:3919:26
December solstice08:4314:5416:04

Local time (Europe/London).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/220184983

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