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Carrickfergus Museum

Carrickfergus Museum is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Divis stands 478 m to the southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Burning Bush, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route runs past it. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

museum in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Wikidata Q111895849, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates54.71634, -5.80605

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Shaftesbury Park: 0.1 mi
  • Marine Gardens: 0.2 mi
  • Legg Park: 0.5 mi
  • Loughshore Park: 3.9 mi
  • Glen Park: 4.5 mi
Artworks
  • arts: 0.1 mi
  • Antrim Coast Sculpture: 4.1 mi
  • Portable Engine: 4.4 mi
  • Whiteabbey roundabout: 4.9 mi
  • Johnny the Jig: 5.2 mi
Attractions
Peaks: 60
  • Slimero: 4.1 mi
  • Irish Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Slievetrue: 4.3 mi
  • Muldersleigh Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Carnmoney Hill: 5.8 mi
Gardens: 54
Museums: 33
Nature reserves: 11
Waterfalls: 6
  • Glenoe Waterfall: 5.8 mi
  • Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 10.9 mi
  • Cranny Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Ess-Na-Crub Waterfall: 23.8 mi
  • Ess-na-Larach Waterfall: 23.9 mi
Springs: 6
Beaches: 5
  • Seapark Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Brompton Bay: 5.9 mi
  • Skippingstone Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Browns bay walk: 9.6 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Bellevue Area of Special Scientific Interest: 6.8 mi
  • Cave Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Limestone Quarry: 8.0 mi
  • Ballygalley Head: 12.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
DivisSW 230°478 m11.2 mi
Agnew's HillNNW 330°474 m10.3 mi
Mid HillNW 325°440 m21.8 mi
SlemishNW 315°437.9 m16.3 mi
CarncormickNW 319°436 m22.5 mi
Collin TopNNW 328°429 m21.8 mi
Soarns HillNW 324°403 m20.7 mi
Douglas TopNW 314°402 m14.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2717:4918:36
June solstice04:4721:0422:05
September equinox07:0918:3719:25
December solstice08:4514:4615:59

Local time (Europe/London).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/12539901214

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