Andrew Jackson Cottage
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Andrew Jackson Cottage is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Divis stands 478 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Andrew Jackson Cottage and US Rangers Centre, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Causeway Coastal Route runs past it. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Andrew Jackson Centre, also known as the Andrew Jackson Cottage, is the ancestral home of Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States. It is located in the village of Boneybefore in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The centre consists of a refurbished traditional thatched Ulster–Scots farmhouse, which is known to have been built in the 1750s and was home to Andrew Jackson's parents shortly before they emigrated to South Carolina in the United States. The interior of the farmhouse is effectively a small museum, consisting of original rooms decorated in the style of that period and featuring an extensive display on the life of Andrew Jackson. The cottage's grounds feature the US Rangers Centre, which pays homage to the soldiers of the First Battalions of the elite US Rangers, which was first "activated" in the town Carrickfergus in 1942. The Carrickfergus Borough Council made efforts to make the centre more accessible to tourists. These include the installation of new information plaques in the recent standardised style of those found elsewhere in Carrickfergus, as well as the installation of roadsigns that more clearly show its location. These changes were put in place in an attempt to promote the town's historical Ulster-Scots connection to the United States, a connection that many locals take a great deal of pride in. The Carrickfergus Borough Council was consolidated in 2015 into the Mid and East Antrim Borough Council, who have since opened the cottage five days a week for public visits.
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Wikidata Q4757457, matched on coordinates and name (11 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
How to reach it
- On the Causeway Coastal Route
Overlooks nearby
- The Mount · 18 mi
- The Glens of Antrim · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Andrew Jackson Cottage and US Rangers Centre: 0.0 mi
- Grey Point Fort: 3.6 mi
- Gobbins Visitor Centre: 5.0 mi
- Brompton Pier: 5.5 mi
- Bleach Green Railway Viaducts: 5.6 mi
- Marine Gardens: 0.8 mi
- Shaftesbury Park: 0.9 mi
- Legg Park: 1.5 mi
- Loughshore Park: 4.9 mi
- Seapark: 5.4 mi
- War Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Burning Bush: 0.9 mi
- US Rangers: 1.0 mi
- King William III Monument: 1.1 mi
- Paul Rodgers: 1.4 mi
- arts: 1.0 mi
- Portable Engine: 4.9 mi
- Antrim Coast Sculpture: 5.1 mi
- North Down Coastal Path Ceramic Panel: 5.9 mi
- Johnny the Jig: 5.9 mi
- Slimero: 4.1 mi
- Irish Hill: 4.2 mi
- Muldersleigh Hill: 4.6 mi
- Slievetrue: 5.1 mi
- Donalds Carn: 6.3 mi
- Glenooe Community Garden: 5.6 mi
- Northern Ireland Centenary Garden: 5.7 mi
- Monkstown Village Garden: 5.8 mi
- Blossoms at Larne Lough: 5.8 mi
- King's Coronation Garden: 6.3 mi
- US Rangers Centre: 0.0 mi
- Carrickfergus Museum: 1.0 mi
- Railway Preservation Society of Ireland: 3.7 mi
- Ulster Transport Museum: 4.8 mi
- Folk Galleries: 5.1 mi
- RSPB Belfast Lough: 7.4 mi
- Balloo Wetland Nature Reserve: 7.5 mi
- Conlig Nature Reserve (proposed): 8.1 mi
- Kiltonga Nature Reserve: 9.1 mi
- Bog Meadows: 12.0 mi
- Glenoe Waterfall: 5.6 mi
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 11.6 mi
- Cranny Falls: 21.1 mi
- Ess-Na-Crub Waterfall: 23.9 mi
- Ess-na-Larach Waterfall: 24.0 mi
- Volunteers' Well: 8.2 mi
- Spa Well: 12.7 mi
- Tobernaveen: 16.6 mi
- Sunday Well: 22.2 mi
- St. Mary's Well: 22.8 mi
- Seapark Beach: 5.3 mi
- Brompton Bay: 5.5 mi
- Skippingstone Beach: 5.7 mi
- Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach: 6.2 mi
- Browns bay walk: 9.0 mi
- Bellevue Area of Special Scientific Interest: 7.8 mi
- Cave Hill: 8.3 mi
- Limestone Quarry: 9.0 mi
- Ballygalley Head: 12.5 mi
- Cuan Beach: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Andrew Jackson Cottage. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Divis | SW 231° | 478 m | 12.1 mi |
| Agnew's Hill | NW 325° | 474 m | 10.5 mi |
| Mid Hill | NW 322° | 440 m | 22.0 mi |
| Slemish | NW 311° | 437.9 m | 16.6 mi |
| Carncormick | NW 317° | 436 m | 22.8 mi |
| Collin Top | NW 325° | 429 m | 22.0 mi |
| Soarns Hill | NW 322° | 403 m | 20.9 mi |
| Douglas Top | NW 310° | 402 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:27 | 17:49 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 04:46 | 21:04 | 22:05 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:37 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 08:45 | 14:45 | 15:59 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/764184884
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