Historic site
Mountjoy Castle
Mountjoy Castle is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Mullaghaneany stands 627 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is O'Connors Stronghold, a historic site 3.3 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 26 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1602
How to reach it
Coordinates54.55846, -6.60755
- 25.9 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Maghery Country Park: 3.5 mi
- Dungannon Park: 7.6 mi
- Fairhill Park: 8.4 mi
- Roxborough Park: 8.5 mi
- Ballyronan Wood: 11.0 mi
Peaks
- Rockhead Hill: 6.8 mi
- Gallanagh Hill: 7.0 mi
- Castle Hill: 7.4 mi
- Tullyodonnell Hill: 9.4 mi
- Craigballyharky: 11.3 mi
Historic sites: 53
- O'Connors Stronghold: 3.3 mi
- Ardboe Church: 5.9 mi
- Ardboe Abbey: 6.0 mi
- Dungannon Castle: 7.4 mi
- Edgar Henry Harper: 7.4 mi
Artworks: 50
- Tractor Garden Sculpture: 5.1 mi
- Totem Pole: 11.5 mi
- Hypercube: 14.2 mi
- Neptune and Pluto: 14.2 mi
- Uranus: 14.2 mi
Attractions: 20
- The Argory Museum: 6.8 mi
- Nature Play Area: 6.8 mi
- Dan Winter's cottage: 9.4 mi
- Lough Neagh Discovery Centre: 10.0 mi
- Parkanaur Forest Park: 10.9 mi
Gardens: 14
- Dutch Garden: 9.0 mi
- Pleasure gardens: 11.5 mi
- Edenvilla Secret Garden: 11.5 mi
- Walled Garden: 12.5 mi
- Secret Garden: 17.4 mi
Museums: 13
- Ranfurly House: 7.4 mi
- Barn Museum: 11.0 mi
- Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum: 14.5 mi
- Armagh County Museum: 14.5 mi
- Milford House Museum: 14.7 mi
Springs: 11
- King James's Well: 13.3 mi
- St. Muadain's Well: 19.2 mi
- Official Start Of The Clady River: 21.6 mi
- Lady's Well: 21.7 mi
- Holy Well: 21.7 mi
Nature reserves: 7
- Drumcrow ASSI: 4.3 mi
- Oxford Island National Nature Reserve: 10.3 mi
- RSPB Portmore Lough Reserve: 12.6 mi
- Brackagh Nature Reserve: 13.2 mi
- Belshaw's Quarry Nature Reserve: 20.3 mi
Picnic sites: 5
- Ballyforles Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Coltrim Picnic Park: 9.3 mi
- Craigadick Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- Favour Royal Forest Picnic Site: 20.0 mi
- Beagh Bridge Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- The 7 Arches Mousetrap Bridge Weir: 19.1 mi
- Stepping Stones: 21.3 mi
- Grillagh Waterfall: 21.8 mi
- Altkeeran Waterfall: 23.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Craig-na-Shoke: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Mountjoy Castle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mullaghaneany | NW 325° | 627 m | 22.9 mi |
| Spelhoagh | NNW 328° | 568 m | 21.7 mi |
| Carnanelly | NW 317° | 562 m | 20.2 mi |
| Mullaghmore | NNW 334° | 550 m | 22.4 mi |
| White Mountain | NNW 336° | 537 m | 23.0 mi |
| Slieve Gallion | NNW 333° | 527 m | 13.5 mi |
| Crockbrack | NNW 327° | 526 m | 20.3 mi |
| Carnanelly West Top | NW 316° | 503 m | 20.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:30 | 17:52 | 18:39 |
| June solstice | 04:51 | 21:06 | 22:07 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:41 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 08:47 | 14:51 | 16:03 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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