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Boathouse Visitor Centre & Museum

Boathouse Visitor Centre & Museum from directly overhead

Boathouse Visitor Centre & Museum is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Trostan stands 550 m to the south, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Former Walled Gardens, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 6.1 miles off. 143 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.

The story

boathouse in Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Wikidata Q56744828, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates55.29104, -6.19258

143 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 34
  • Slieveard: 1.0 mi
  • Slieveacarn: 2.8 mi
  • Greenanmore: 7.1 mi
  • Lannimore Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Carnanmore: 8.6 mi
Historic sites: 28
Parks: 14
  • Partaneevey Car Park & Picnic Site: 6.7 mi
  • Riverside Gardens: 12.3 mi
  • Dervock Riverside Park: 16.0 mi
  • Garron Road Amenity Site: 17.3 mi
  • Antrim Gardens: 19.1 mi
Gardens: 9
  • Benvardin Gardens: 16.7 mi
  • Beardiville Walled Garden: 17.5 mi
  • Garden of Remembrance: 19.3 mi
  • Joey Dunlop Memorial Garden: 20.0 mi
  • Robert Dunlop Memorial Garden: 20.0 mi
Artworks: 6
Cliffs: 5
  • Fairhead - Ballycastle Descent Gully West: 4.9 mi
  • Fairhead - The Prow: 4.9 mi
  • Fairhead - Farrangandoo: 5.0 mi
  • Fairhead: 5.3 mi
  • Dunsevrick: 10.5 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Dunseverick Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Hermit's Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Ess-na-Larach Waterfall: 19.3 mi
  • Ess-Na-Crub Waterfall: 19.3 mi
  • Cranny Falls: 21.5 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Runkerry Stand (Bushfoot): 14.1 mi
  • Portballintrae Beach: 14.9 mi
  • East Strand: 18.3 mi
  • Portstewart Strand: 23.4 mi
  • Castlerock Beach: 24.8 mi
Museums: 4
Nature reserves: 2
  • Lissanduff Earthworks: 14.5 mi
  • Garry Bog Nature Reserve: 18.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Cottage Park: 15.3 mi
  • Quilley Picnic Area: 24.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
TrostanS 175°550 m17.0 mi
SlievenaneeS 178°543 m18.3 mi
KnocklaydSSW 195°514 m9.2 mi
SlieveanorraS 185°508 m15.1 mi
Skerry HillS 184°459 m18.8 mi
Mid HillS 173°440 m22.1 mi
CarncormickS 178°436 m22.7 mi
Collin TopS 170°429 m21.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2817:5018:38
June solstice04:4421:0822:11
September equinox07:1018:3819:26
December solstice08:5014:4115:57

Local time (Europe/London).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/225572974

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