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Down County Museum

Down County Museum is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Slieve Donard stands 849 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is St. Patricks Visitor Centre, a museum 0.1 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 24 miles off.

The story

Museum in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Wikidata Q63975492, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates54.32873, -5.72026

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • The Grove Recreation Area: 0.1 mi
  • Roughal Park Recreation Area: 0.4 mi
  • Quoile Steamboat Quay: 2.2 mi
  • Delamont Country Park: 3.9 mi
  • Tobar Mhuire Retreat & Conference Centre: 4.8 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
Peaks
  • Wallace Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Carney Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Stump Hill: 6.4 mi
  • Edenarrif Mountain: 6.6 mi
  • Dunmore Mountain: 7.4 mi
Gardens: 53
Cliffs: 46
  • Spinkanee: 9.5 mi
  • Nerwcastle Beach Bouldering: 11.1 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 12.7 mi
  • The Castles: 13.4 mi
  • Annalong Buttress: 13.8 mi
Museums: 25
Springs: 10
Beaches: 10
  • Tyrella Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Rossglass Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Kilclief Beach: 7.1 mi
  • Mill Quarter Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Gilpin Harbour: 7.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Black Stairs: 12.1 mi
  • Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 17.8 mi
  • Stepping Stones: 17.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Down County Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slieve DonardSW 218°849 m13.1 mi
Slieve CommedaghSW 222°767 m13.1 mi
Slieve BearnaghSW 227°739 m14.7 mi
Slieve Bearnagh North TorSW 228°680 m14.5 mi
Chimney Rock MtnSW 214°656 m13.9 mi
Cove MtnSW 222°654.8 m14.2 mi
Slieve CorraghSW 224°641.9 m13.5 mi
Slieve BegSW 222°595.9 m13.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2717:4918:36
June solstice04:4921:0222:02
September equinox07:0918:3719:24
December solstice08:4314:4916:01

Local time (Europe/London).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/1352870123

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