South Base Tower
South Base Tower is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. White Mountain stands 537 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Sampson's Memorial Tower, a historic site 1.5 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route runs past it.
south base tower of the Lough Foyle baseline (triangulation of Ireland)
The story
Tower in Ballykelly, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Wikidata Q126701274, matched on coordinates and name (2 m apart).
How to reach it
- On the Causeway Coastal Route
- 9.2 mi off the Wild Atlantic Way, National
Overlooks nearby
- Gortmore View Point · 9 mi
- viewpoint on Beach · 11 mi
- Magilligan Point View · 13 mi
- Harbour Hill · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sampson's Memorial Tower: 1.5 mi
- Where Jane Ross recorded Danny Boy: 2.3 mi
- Beetling Mill: 3.0 mi
- Drenagh: 3.5 mi
- Bellarena House: 5.1 mi
- Mullagh Hill: 2.0 mi
- Loughermore: 4.9 mi
- Keady Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Binevenagh: 6.1 mi
- Coal Hill: 6.7 mi
- Roemill Recreation Grounds: 2.1 mi
- Backburn Path: 2.5 mi
- Culmore Country Park: 9.8 mi
- Ness Country Park: 10.1 mi
- Bath Green: 10.1 mi
- Manannán mac Lir: 9.0 mi
- The Fid: 10.0 mi
- The Ancient: 10.8 mi
- Birds in Flight: 11.0 mi
- Fungi Ring: 11.0 mi
- Downhill beach: 11.0 mi
- Burning of the Seven Gods: 11.5 mi
- Hezlett House: 11.6 mi
- Ebrington Parade Grounds: 12.3 mi
- Craft Village: 12.8 mi
- Sweet Nellie's: 12.0 mi
- Castlerock Beach: 12.4 mi
- White Strand: 12.4 mi
- Portstewart Strand: 13.5 mi
- Kinnagoe Bay: 14.8 mi
- Limavady Museum: 2.3 mi
- Green Lane Museum: 3.0 mi
- Inishowen Maritime Museum and Planetarium: 11.1 mi
- Tower Museum: 12.8 mi
- Foyle Valley Railway Museum: 12.9 mi
- Aidan's Well: 6.3 mi
- St Lowry's Well: 6.6 mi
- Source Of The Knockoneill River: 13.9 mi
- Skelp Well: 14.5 mi
- Source Of The Roohan Burn: 16.3 mi
- Walled Garden: 5.2 mi
- Castle Leisure Park: 8.9 mi
- Centennial Garden: 14.4 mi
- Hanover Gardens: 14.5 mi
- UUC Daffodil Garden: 15.0 mi
- Ballyhacket View: 9.1 mi
- Cashel: 10.5 mi
- Bishop's Gate Picnic Site: 11.3 mi
- Ballynashallog Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
- Quilley Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Ness Waterfall Highest Waterfall In Northern Ireland: 9.3 mi
- Dungeon Waterfall: 11.9 mi
- Altkeeran Waterfall: 15.2 mi
- Corbylin Waterfall: 16.4 mi
- Grillagh Waterfall: 17.9 mi
- Goles Forest: 18.1 mi
- Garry Bog Nature Reserve: 19.2 mi
- Lissanduff Earthworks: 22.1 mi
- Rathmullan Wood Nature Reserve: 22.1 mi
- Legananam Pot: 9.5 mi
- Craig-na-Shoke: 15.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of South Base Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Mountain | SSE 153° | 537 m | 14.1 mi |
| Mullaghash | S 179° | 480 m | 12.5 mi |
| Benbradagh | SE 142° | 465 m | 8.6 mi |
| Barnes Top | S 180° | 456 m | 13.8 mi |
| Boviel | SE 143° | 454 m | 10.2 mi |
| Carn Hill | SE 142° | 448 m | 11.4 mi |
| Knockanbane Mountain | S 182° | 441 m | 13.6 mi |
| Corick Mountain | SSE 147° | 430 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 17:53 | 18:41 |
| June solstice | 04:49 | 21:10 | 22:12 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:42 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 08:52 | 14:47 | 16:01 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1017903157
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