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Ballycastle Museum

Ballycastle Museum is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Trostan stands 550 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Marconi Telegraph Memorial Plate, a historic site 0.6 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 0.5 miles off. 201 named places lie within 25 miles, 48 of them named summits.

The story

courthouse in Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Wikidata Q17860241, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates55.20040, -6.25155

201 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 48
  • Knocklayd: 2.6 mi
  • Lannimore Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Greenanmore: 5.8 mi
  • Croaghan: 6.1 mi
  • Crockaneel: 6.4 mi
Historic sites: 43
Parks: 28
  • Partaneevey Car Park & Picnic Site: 3.8 mi
  • Riverside Gardens: 5.7 mi
  • Dervock Riverside Park: 10.2 mi
  • Garron Road Amenity Site: 12.9 mi
  • Carnany Park: 13.1 mi
Gardens: 11
  • Benvardin Gardens: 11.4 mi
  • Garden of Remembrance: 13.1 mi
  • Beardiville Walled Garden: 13.4 mi
  • Joey Dunlop Memorial Garden: 13.9 mi
  • Robert Dunlop Memorial Garden: 13.9 mi
Artworks: 7
Cliffs: 5
  • Fairhead - Farrangandoo: 3.9 mi
  • Fairhead - The Prow: 4.0 mi
  • Fairhead - Ballycastle Descent Gully West: 4.1 mi
  • Fairhead: 4.6 mi
  • Dunsevrick: 8.0 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Dunseverick Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Hermit's Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Ess-na-Larach Waterfall: 14.0 mi
  • Ess-Na-Crub Waterfall: 14.0 mi
  • Cranny Falls: 16.8 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Runkerry Stand (Bushfoot): 11.1 mi
  • Portballintrae Beach: 11.7 mi
  • East Strand: 15.1 mi
  • Portstewart Strand: 19.6 mi
  • Castlerock Beach: 21.1 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Cottage Park: 11.0 mi
  • Quilley Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
  • Bishop's Gate Picnic Site: 22.2 mi
  • Ballyhacket View: 23.8 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • Lissanduff Earthworks: 11.4 mi
  • Garry Bog Nature Reserve: 12.8 mi
Springs: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ballycastle Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
TrostanSSE 160°550 m11.3 mi
SlievenaneeSSE 166°543 m12.4 mi
KnocklaydS 180°514 m2.6 mi
SlieveanorraS 173°508 m8.8 mi
Skerry HillS 175°459 m12.5 mi
Mid HillSSE 162°440 m16.4 mi
SlemishSSE 164°437.9 m22.9 mi
CarncormickS 170°436 m16.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2917:5018:38
June solstice04:4521:0822:10
September equinox07:1118:3919:27
December solstice08:5014:4215:57

Local time (Europe/London).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/12551282310

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