Historic site · Ireland
Stephen Roche
Stephen Roche is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 59 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the south-southwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunny Café, a artwork 0.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
- Inscription
- Stephen Roche Giro d'Italia Tour de France World Cycling Champion 1987 Lrh Dhun Droma
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates53.28839, -6.24271
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Sunny Café: 0.1 mi
- Eclipse: 1.3 mi
- Necromancy: 1.3 mi
- Solitary Figure: 1.3 mi
- Mary Immaculate Virgin: 1.3 mi
Attractions
- Airfield Farm: 0.4 mi
- Fairy Tree Home: 1.5 mi
- Nature Room: 1.6 mi
- The MART Gallery: 2.7 mi
- Tibradden House: 2.9 mi
Peaks
- Telshaun Hill: 2.0 mi
- Kilmashogue: 2.8 mi
- Three Rock Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Two Rock Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Tibradden Mountain: 3.8 mi
Parks
- Sweetmount Park: 0.3 mi
- Commemorative Park for 1916 Harp and Flag: 0.4 mi
- Ballawley Park: 0.7 mi
- Little Dargle Dog Park: 0.9 mi
- Glasson Court Park: 1.0 mi
Museums: 56
- Imaginosity: 1.3 mi
- Explorium: National Sport and Science Centre: 1.5 mi
- Pearse Museum: 1.6 mi
- Mary Aikenhead Heritage Centre: 3.1 mi
- Irish Jewish Museum: 3.1 mi
Gardens: 51
- Regency Walled Garden: 1.4 mi
- The Biblical Garden: 1.5 mi
- Cluanóg: 1.6 mi
- St Enda's Park Walled Garden: 1.7 mi
- Trinity College Dublin Botanical Gardens: 1.8 mi
Historic sites: 49
- Dundrum Castle: 0.1 mi
- Dr. Isaac Usher: 0.3 mi
- The Bottle Tower: 1.2 mi
- Old Rathfarnham Castle Gate House: 1.6 mi
- Clonskeagh Castle: 1.6 mi
Springs
- Saint Broc's Well: 2.6 mi
- Saint James' Well: 3.1 mi
- Source of Glencree River: 5.1 mi
- St Catherine's Well: 5.7 mi
- Saint John's Well: 5.7 mi
Beaches: 27
- Merrion Strand: 2.5 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 3.1 mi
- Seapoint: 3.5 mi
- Sandycove Beach: 5.3 mi
- Killiney Beach: 5.8 mi
Nature reserves: 20
- Fitzsimon's Wood: 1.5 mi
- Wildflower Meadow: 1.5 mi
- Booterstown Nature Reserve: 2.4 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 2.4 mi
- The Grove: 2.7 mi
Cliffs: 17
- Hawk Cliff: 6.1 mi
- Lover's Leap: 8.1 mi
- The Shaft: 10.0 mi
- Streaky Slab: 10.1 mi
- Telegraph Slab: 10.4 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- Powerscourt Waterfall: 9.9 mi
- Leixlip Spa Waterfall: 12.3 mi
- Glenmacnass Waterfall: 16.0 mi
- Devil's Glen Waterfall: 18.2 mi
- Poulaphuca Waterfall: 18.5 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Toni's: 4.7 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 6.1 mi
- Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 16.6 mi
- Poplar Square: 17.9 mi
- BBQ Area: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Stephen Roche. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kippure | SSW 206° | 757 m | 8.5 mi |
| Djouce | S 179° | 726 m | 10.9 mi |
| Seefingan | SW 220° | 723 m | 8.6 mi |
| War Hill | S 183° | 685 m | 10.3 mi |
| Carrigvore | SSW 197° | 682 m | 11.4 mi |
| Seahan | SW 229° | 647 m | 7.6 mi |
| Tonduff | S 187° | 642 m | 8.8 mi |
| White Hill | S 179° | 631 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 17:52 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 20:59 | 21:57 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:40 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 08:39 | 15:02 | 16:09 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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