Historic site
Steamboat Quay
Steamboat Quay is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of -1 m. Slieve Donard stands 849 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Quoile Steamboat Quay, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 23 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- This quay has been renovated by the department of agriculture by kind permission of the owner, Sir Robert and Lady McDonnell for the use and enjoyment of the public The quay was constructed in the mid 1830s by David Ker, the then landlord of Downpatrick
How to reach it
Coordinates54.35621, -5.69165
- 22.9 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Quoile Steamboat Quay: 0.0 mi
- Delamont Country Park: 1.7 mi
- Roughal Park Recreation Area: 1.8 mi
- The Grove Recreation Area: 2.3 mi
- Tobar Mhuire Retreat & Conference Centre: 3.7 mi
Attractions
- Hoster Tully's Funeral Jetty: 0.1 mi
- The King in the North: 2.1 mi
- St Patrick's Chair: 2.3 mi
- Castle Ward House: 4.5 mi
- Winterfell Castle Courtyard: 4.7 mi
Artworks
- Strangford Stone: 1.8 mi
- Girl from Mars: 2.1 mi
- Hans Sloane: 3.4 mi
- On the Way to the Fair: 7.4 mi
- Tonn Ruray Sculptural Horn: 8.9 mi
Historic sites
- St Patrick's Statue: 1.8 mi
- Struell Wells: 2.3 mi
- St. Patrick's Grave: 2.3 mi
- Grave of Magnus Barefoot: 3.0 mi
- Killyleagh Castle: 3.5 mi
Peaks
- Wallace Hill: 2.1 mi
- Carney Hill: 2.2 mi
- Stump Hill: 5.1 mi
- Edenarrif Mountain: 7.7 mi
- Dunmore Mountain: 8.5 mi
Gardens: 55
- Victorian Garden: 2.3 mi
- Shrigley Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Sunken Garden: 4.5 mi
- Walled Garden: 4.6 mi
- Nutgrove Garden: 5.1 mi
Cliffs: 46
- Spinkanee: 11.2 mi
- Nerwcastle Beach Bouldering: 13.3 mi
- Eagle Rock: 14.9 mi
- The Castles: 15.6 mi
- Annalong Buttress: 16.0 mi
Museums: 26
- Down County Museum: 2.2 mi
- St. Patricks Visitor Centre: 2.3 mi
- Carriage Gallery: 2.5 mi
- Ards Arts Centre: 16.4 mi
- War Years Remembered: 16.8 mi
Picnic sites: 21
- Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area: 2.1 mi
- Cuan Beach: 3.2 mi
- Strangford Holiday Park Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
- Kilclief Recreation/Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
- Seaforde Picnic Site: 6.4 mi
Nature reserves: 19
- Quoile Pondage Basin nature reserve: 0.2 mi
- Hollymount Forest nature reserve: 3.5 mi
- Cloughy Rocks nature reserve: 5.8 mi
- Bohill Nature Reserve: 6.6 mi
- Killard National Nature Reserve: 7.0 mi
Springs: 10
- Mearing Well: 0.9 mi
- Toberasool: 1.3 mi
- St. Patrick's Wells: 2.3 mi
- St. Patrick's Wells: 2.3 mi
- St. Anne's Well: 3.1 mi
Beaches: 9
- Kilclief Beach: 6.1 mi
- Mill Quarter Beach: 6.6 mi
- Rossglass Beach: 7.3 mi
- Gilpin Harbour: 7.3 mi
- Tyrella Beach: 7.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Black Stairs: 14.3 mi
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 16.6 mi
- Stepping Stones: 18.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Steamboat Quay. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Donard | SW 217° | 849 m | 15.3 mi |
| Slieve Commedagh | SW 221° | 767 m | 15.3 mi |
| Chimney Rock Mtn | SSW 214° | 656 m | 16.1 mi |
| Slieve Corragh | SW 222° | 641.9 m | 15.6 mi |
| Slieve Beg | SW 220° | 595.9 m | 16.0 mi |
| Slievenaglogh | SW 225° | 584.4 m | 15.8 mi |
| Slievenaglogh East Top | SW 224° | 571 m | 15.7 mi |
| Crossone | SW 215° | 540 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
The recorded facing catches the sunset.
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:27 | 17:49 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 04:49 | 21:02 | 22:02 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:37 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 08:43 | 14:49 | 16:00 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
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