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Sing Sing Prison

Sing Sing Prison from directly overhead

Sing Sing Prison is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 104 m. Knockshanahullion stands 653 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Gleeson Memorial, a historic site 0.6 miles away.

An old burial vault used by the Irish Volunteers to hold captured British soldiers, collaborators, and later common criminals during the Irish war of independence

How to reach it

Coordinates51.96742, -8.34262

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Springs
Parks
  • John O'Callaghan Park: 3.5 mi
  • Crompane Park: 3.9 mi
  • Craigs Field: 3.9 mi
  • Harper's Island Wetlands: 4.3 mi
  • Castle Lake Walk: 5.0 mi
Peaks
  • Devonshire's Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Knockaroura: 8.7 mi
  • Knocknaskagh: 10.4 mi
  • Corrin Hill: 10.5 mi
  • Seefin: 10.6 mi
Artworks: 60
Attractions: 42
Gardens: 26
  • Ashton Grove: 0.8 mi
  • Coosheen Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Ballyglissane House: 6.3 mi
  • Glenville Park Walled Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Kilshannig Stud: 7.1 mi
Beaches: 26
  • Cuskinny: 8.2 mi
  • Glenmore Strand: 8.8 mi
  • Ballybrassil Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Shell Beach: 10.0 mi
  • Stone Beach: 11.0 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Clogheenmilcon Nature Reserve Killeens End: 8.4 mi
  • Clogheenmilcon Nature Reserve Blarney End: 8.9 mi
  • Rostellen Woods picnic area: 10.6 mi
  • Life Space Park: 13.0 mi
  • Glansheskin Forest Recreation Area: 15.9 mi
Nature reserves: 3
  • Cuskinny Marsh Bird Sanctuary: 8.0 mi
  • Clogheenmilcon Sanctuary: 9.0 mi
  • Loughbeg Bird Reserve: 10.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Power’s Bridge: 9.7 mi
  • Ballard Waterfall: 19.1 mi
  • Mullinhassig Waterfall: 21.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
Cliffs: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.9 miles of Sing Sing Prison. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KnockshanahullionNE 37°653.3 m24.1 mi
KnocknaloughaNE 39°629 m24.7 mi
Knocknalougha South TopNE 41°518.6 m23.9 mi
FarbreagaNE 34°518 m22.3 mi
Crow HillNE 35°516.8 m22.4 mi
Seefin Mountain East TopNNW 344°510 m24.9 mi
Seefin South-East TopNNW 343°504 m24.4 mi
Seefin East TopW 280°491 m24.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0218:46
June solstice05:1421:0321:58
September equinox07:2018:5019:34
December solstice08:4015:2116:25

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4767780442

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