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Armagh County Museum

Armagh County Museum is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 40 m. Slieve Gullion stands 573 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Crimean Cannon, a historic site 0.1 miles away.

The story

The Armagh County Museum is a museum in Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Located on the edge of the tree-lined Mall in the centre of Armagh city, the museum is the oldest County Museum in Ireland and was officially opened in 1937.

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Dates from 1937.

Wikidata Q4792583, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates54.34945, -6.64911

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Crimean Cannon: 0.1 mi
  • Boer War memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Armagh Rail Disaster Memorial Sculpture: 0.1 mi
  • War memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Patrick McGee: 0.3 mi
Parks
  • Astropark: 0.3 mi
  • Cathedral Gardens: 0.3 mi
  • Palace Demesne Public Park: 0.5 mi
  • Folly Glen: 0.7 mi
  • Keady Glen: 6.9 mi
Peaks
  • Carrigatuke: 8.4 mi
  • Castle Hill: 11.8 mi
  • Mullyash Mountain: 12.0 mi
  • Single Tree Hill: 12.5 mi
  • Drumilly Mountain: 14.0 mi
Artworks: 46
  • Turning Point: 0.1 mi
  • For the Love of Emer: 0.2 mi
  • Human Orrery: 0.2 mi
  • StarStone: 0.2 mi
  • Celestial Sphere: 0.2 mi
Attractions: 40
  • Armagh Gaol: 0.2 mi
  • Navan Centre and Fort: 2.2 mi
  • Dean Swift's Well: 6.0 mi
  • Dan Winter's cottage: 6.7 mi
  • Nature Play Area: 7.9 mi
Springs: 15
Picnic sites: 12
Museums: 7
Gardens: 7
  • Walled Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Secret Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Pleasure gardens: 9.9 mi
  • Edenvilla Secret Garden: 10.4 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 16.5 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Iron Hawk Area: 18.6 mi
  • Heather Blazing Area: 18.6 mi
  • No Alibi Area: 18.7 mi
  • Goin Back Area: 18.7 mi
  • Ride Lonesome Area: 18.7 mi
Nature reserves: 6
  • Brackagh Nature Reserve: 9.5 mi
  • Drumcrow ASSI: 10.7 mi
  • Oxford Island National Nature Reserve: 14.7 mi
  • Bird Sanctuary: 17.8 mi
  • Ballybay Wetland Centre: 19.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Castleshane Waterfall: 12.5 mi
  • Stepping Stones: 20.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Armagh County Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slieve GullionSSE 151°573 m18.0 mi
ClermontSE 143°444 m22.2 mi
Camlough MountainSE 141°423 m16.3 mi
Anglesey MountainSE 142°421 m22.1 mi
Slieve BeaghW 268°380 m22.0 mi
Slieve Beagh SE TopW 268°373 m21.5 mi
CarrigatukeS 171°365 m8.4 mi
EshmoreW 265°337 m20.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3017:5218:39
June solstice04:5221:0622:06
September equinox07:1218:4119:28
December solstice08:4614:5316:04

Local time (Europe/London).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/455686191

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