Donegal County Museum
Donegal County Museum is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 48 m. Loughsalt Mountain stands 469 m to the north-northwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Famine Memorial Garden, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 0.9 miles off.
The story
Donegal County Museum (Irish: Músaem Chontae Dhún na nGall) is a county museum in County Donegal in Ireland. Located on the High Road in Letterkenny, the museum building was completed in 1843 as the Warden's House of the Letterkenny Workhouse. The building was repurposed as a museum in the late 20th century.
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Dates from 1987.
Wikidata Q3713529, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Wild Atlantic Way, National
- 18.5 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Overlooks nearby
- Manorcunningham view · 4 mi
- Viewing point · 11 mi
- Ballymastocker Strand · 17 mi
- The Polduce · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ballymacool House: 1.1 mi
- Old Ballymacool Farmhouse: 1.3 mi
- Colm Cille Old Church: 5.6 mi
- KIllydonne Church: 6.3 mi
- The Steeple: 8.7 mi
- Mullan Hill: 2.6 mi
- Glendoon Hill: 3.0 mi
- Carn Hill: 3.3 mi
- Gregory Hill: 3.4 mi
- Cold Hill: 3.5 mi
- Famine Memorial Garden: 0.0 mi
- Bernard McGlinchey Town Park: 0.3 mi
- Ceannan Court: 0.7 mi
- Ballymacool Park: 1.3 mi
- Foxhill open Park: 1.5 mi
- Flute: 0.6 mi
- Metal Cello: 0.6 mi
- Letterkenny Heart artwork: 0.6 mi
- Reading Chaucer: 8.1 mi
- Morholt: 8.2 mi
- Mullanadee Shore: 11.2 mi
- Millybay: 11.4 mi
- Back Bay: 12.4 mi
- Carricknaha: 12.8 mi
- Brown Shore: 13.2 mi
- PoleStar Monument: 0.9 mi
- Dry Arch Monument: 1.7 mi
- Lurgybrack Open Farm: 2.1 mi
- Newmills Corn and Flax Mills: 3.4 mi
- Glebe House and Gallery: 7.5 mi
- Museum of Free Derry: 16.5 mi
- Apprentice Boys of Derry: 16.5 mi
- Foyle Valley Railway Museum: 16.6 mi
- Tower Museum: 16.7 mi
- Fort Dunree Military Museum: 18.2 mi
- Doon Well: 5.9 mi
- Toberbride: 6.1 mi
- Tober Well: 9.1 mi
- Saint Boyne's Well: 10.3 mi
- St. Patrick's Well: 13.1 mi
- Astelleen Burn Waterfall: 11.8 mi
- Corbylin Waterfall: 17.0 mi
- Dungeon Waterfall: 19.5 mi
- Crolly Waterfall: 19.6 mi
- Ness Waterfall Highest Waterfall In Northern Ireland: 22.1 mi
- Cutting Flower Patch: 8.1 mi
- Walled Garden: 8.1 mi
- Rose Garden: 10.8 mi
- Walled Garden: 10.8 mi
- The Cloister: 24.5 mi
- McDonald's Outdoor Seating Area: 0.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- Ballynashallog Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Rathmullan Wood Nature Reserve: 11.6 mi
- Maumlack Corrie Headwall: 13.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Donegal County Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loughsalt Mountain | NNW 346° | 469 m | 9.3 mi |
| An Liathin Mor | WNW 287° | 442 m | 9.9 mi |
| Culliagh SE Top | SW 222° | 422.7 m | 8.2 mi |
| Farscallop | WNW 287° | 420.6 m | 11.4 mi |
| Loughaskerry | NW 307° | 410.7 m | 9.2 mi |
| Gregory Hill | W 275° | 389.7 m | 3.4 mi |
| Cionn Bheatha | WNW 293° | 384 m | 10.5 mi |
| Crockmore | NNW 334° | 349 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:35 | 17:56 | 18:44 |
| June solstice | 04:53 | 21:13 | 22:14 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:45 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:54 | 14:51 | 16:05 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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