Museum · Ireland
Explorium: National Sport and Science Centre
Explorium: National Sport and Science Centre is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 146 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the south-southwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Fitzsimon's Wood, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates53.26705, -6.23702
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Mary Immaculate Virgin: 0.5 mi
- Peter & Ned: 0.5 mi
- Adventure is on our Doorstep: 1.1 mi
- Pagan: 1.3 mi
- Eclipse: 1.4 mi
Gardens
- Fernhill Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Fernhill Heritage Garden: 0.9 mi
- Regency Walled Garden: 1.6 mi
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Residence: 2.0 mi
- St Enda's Park Walled Garden: 2.2 mi
Parks
- Ballawley Park: 0.8 mi
- Fernhill Park and Gardens: 0.9 mi
- Commemorative Park for 1916 Harp and Flag: 1.5 mi
- Little Dargle Dog Park: 1.5 mi
- Sweetmount Park: 1.7 mi
Peaks
- Telshaun Hill: 0.9 mi
- Three Rock Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Kilmashogue: 1.7 mi
- Two Rock Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Tibradden Mountain: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
- Kilgobbin Castle: 1.1 mi
- Glencairn: 1.3 mi
- Dundrum Castle: 1.5 mi
- Stephen Roche: 1.5 mi
- Calbeck Castle: 1.6 mi
Attractions
- Fairy Tree Home: 1.3 mi
- Airfield Farm: 1.4 mi
- Nature Room: 2.1 mi
- Tibradden House: 2.3 mi
- Thomas Joseph Smith (Sudocrem): 2.9 mi
Springs
- Saint James' Well: 1.9 mi
- Source of Glencree River: 4.0 mi
- Saint Broc's Well: 4.0 mi
- Saint Ann's Well: 5.2 mi
- Well of Gailline: 6.0 mi
Museums: 57
- Imaginosity: 1.1 mi
- Pearse Museum: 2.1 mi
- Mary Aikenhead Heritage Centre: 4.5 mi
- Irish Jewish Museum: 4.6 mi
- National Maritime Museum of Ireland: 4.7 mi
Beaches: 32
- Merrion Strand: 3.7 mi
- Seapoint: 3.8 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 4.4 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 4.8 mi
- Killiney Beach: 5.2 mi
Nature reserves: 22
- Fitzsimon's Wood: 0.2 mi
- Wildflower Meadow: 1.3 mi
- Dingle Glen: 3.1 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 3.4 mi
- Booterstown Nature Reserve: 3.4 mi
Cliffs: 21
- Hawk Cliff: 5.7 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 5.8 mi
- Lover's Leap: 6.7 mi
- The Shaft: 8.8 mi
- Streaky Slab: 8.9 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- Powerscourt Waterfall: 8.4 mi
- Leixlip Spa Waterfall: 13.3 mi
- Glenmacnass Waterfall: 14.6 mi
- Devil's Glen Waterfall: 16.7 mi
- Poulaphuca Waterfall: 17.7 mi
Picnic sites: 7
- Hawk Cliff: 5.7 mi
- Toni's: 6.0 mi
- Poplar Square: 17.8 mi
- Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 17.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Explorium: National Sport and Science Centre. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kippure | SSW 213° | 757 m | 7.3 mi |
| Djouce | S 181° | 725.5 m | 9.4 mi |
| Seefingan | SW 228° | 722.9 m | 7.7 mi |
| Gravale | SSW 205° | 719.004 m | 10.9 mi |
| War Hill | S 185° | 684.8 m | 8.8 mi |
| Carrigvore | SSW 201° | 682.36 m | 10.1 mi |
| Seahan | WSW 240° | 647.3 m | 6.9 mi |
| Tonduff | S 190° | 642 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 17:52 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 20:59 | 21:57 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:40 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 08:38 | 15:02 | 16:09 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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