Historic site
Rokeby Obelisk
Rokeby Obelisk is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 79 m. Slieve Gullion stands 573 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Armagh Observatory South Meridian Mark, a historic site 0.4 miles away.
The story
memorial in Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Wikidata Q17861311, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
Coordinates54.33256, -6.64663
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Armagh Observatory South Meridian Mark: 0.4 mi
- Armagh Rail Disaster Memorial Sculpture: 1.0 mi
- Crimean Cannon: 1.2 mi
- Boer War memorial: 1.2 mi
- War memorial: 1.2 mi
Parks
- Palace Demesne Public Park: 0.7 mi
- Folly Glen: 0.8 mi
- Cathedral Gardens: 1.1 mi
- Astropark: 1.5 mi
- Keady Glen: 5.8 mi
Peaks
- Carrigatuke: 7.2 mi
- Mullyash Mountain: 10.8 mi
- Single Tree Hill: 12.6 mi
- Castle Hill: 12.9 mi
- Drumilly Mountain: 13.0 mi
Artworks: 47
- Saints and Scholars Railings: 0.9 mi
- For the Love of Emer: 1.0 mi
- Turning Point: 1.0 mi
- Market Days and Fair Days: 1.1 mi
- Brian Boru: 1.1 mi
Attractions: 42
- Armagh Gaol: 1.0 mi
- Navan Centre and Fort: 2.4 mi
- Dean Swift's Well: 5.4 mi
- Dan Winter's cottage: 7.6 mi
- Fairy ring: 8.5 mi
Springs: 16
- St. Muadain's Well: 14.1 mi
- St Dympna's Well: 16.4 mi
- St Moninna's Well: 16.5 mi
- Saint Patrick's Well: 18.0 mi
- Tobernamona: 18.5 mi
Picnic sites: 13
- Aughanduff Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
- Keggall Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
- Favour Royal Forest Picnic Site: 17.5 mi
- Massrock Lane Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- Knockiveagh Picnic Site: 18.8 mi
Cliffs: 12
- Iron Hawk Area: 17.7 mi
- Heather Blazing Area: 17.8 mi
- No Alibi Area: 17.8 mi
- Goin Back Area: 17.8 mi
- Sullivan's Travel Area: 17.8 mi
Museums: 10
- Milford House Museum: 1.0 mi
- No 5 Vicars' Hill: 1.1 mi
- Armagh County Museum: 1.2 mi
- Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum: 1.3 mi
- Ranfurly House: 12.9 mi
Gardens: 7
- Walled Garden: 3.9 mi
- Secret Garden: 5.2 mi
- Pleasure gardens: 10.5 mi
- Edenvilla Secret Garden: 11.0 mi
- The Walled Garden: 16.1 mi
Nature reserves: 7
- Brackagh Nature Reserve: 9.9 mi
- Drumcrow ASSI: 11.8 mi
- Oxford Island National Nature Reserve: 15.4 mi
- Bird Sanctuary: 17.0 mi
- Ballybay Wetland Centre: 18.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Castleshane Waterfall: 11.9 mi
- Stepping Stones: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Rokeby Obelisk. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Gullion | SSE 149° | 573 m | 16.9 mi |
| Clermont Carn | SE 143° | 510 m | 21.9 mi |
| Clermont Carn NE Top | SE 142° | 448 m | 21.6 mi |
| Clermont | SE 142° | 444 m | 21.2 mi |
| Camlough Mountain | SE 138° | 423 m | 15.4 mi |
| Anglesey Mountain | SE 140° | 421 m | 21.2 mi |
| Slieve Beagh SE Top | W 271° | 373 m | 21.6 mi |
| Carrigatuke | S 170° | 365 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:30 | 17:52 | 18:39 |
| June solstice | 04:53 | 21:06 | 22:06 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:41 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 08:46 | 14:53 | 16:04 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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