Foynes Flying Boat & Maritime Museum
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Foynes Flying Boat & Maritime Museum is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Mullaghareirk stands 414 m to the south, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Spring Rice Monument, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 2.2 miles off. 31 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
museum in Ireland
Dates from 1988.
Wikidata Q22340525, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Wild Atlantic Way, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kilkee Cliffs · 24 mi
- Luca's Viewpoint · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Spring Rice Monument: 0.2 mi
- Dysert Castle: 2.4 mi
- Shanid Castle: 4.1 mi
- Peadar Mac Fhlannchadha Memorial: 4.3 mi
- Tomdeely Castle: 4.6 mi
- Saint Patrick's Well: 1.2 mi
- Saint Patrick's Well: 1.3 mi
- Barrigone Well: 2.5 mi
- Tobercolmoge: 3.3 mi
- Tobermurry: 4.7 mi
- Abha Bhán Parish Park: 3.7 mi
- Remembrance Garden: 5.4 mi
- The Green: 5.7 mi
- Abhainn sleibhe cascades: 10.0 mi
- Shannon Town Park: 11.7 mi
- Prospect Hill: 5.6 mi
- Knockroe: 7.3 mi
- Knockanimpaha: 10.8 mi
- Sugar Hill: 12.3 mi
- Barnagh Hill: 12.7 mi
- The Stoney Man: 7.8 mi
- Michael Hartnett: 11.3 mi
- Earl Gerald: 11.3 mi
- Caiseal Óir: 13.8 mi
- Buddha: 13.8 mi
- Mountshannon Estate: 6.2 mi
- Little Heaven: 10.0 mi
- Stonehall Visitor Farm: 10.2 mi
- Celtic Park and Gardens: 11.1 mi
- Bunratty Castle and Folk Park: 13.8 mi
- Shannon Airport Aviation Gallery: 9.7 mi
- Atlantic Air Venture: 12.3 mi
- The Museum of Irish Rural Life: 15.9 mi
- Clare Museum: 17.0 mi
- Clare County Museum: 17.0 mi
- Littor Strand: 19.6 mi
- Glasheen Beach: 22.7 mi
- Yurty's Couch: 23.3 mi
- Nuns' Beach: 24.7 mi
- Ladies' Beach: 24.7 mi
- Dromore Castle Garden: 11.6 mi
- Feature Garden: 17.5 mi
- Meadowbrook Community Garden: 21.1 mi
- Roof Garden: 23.0 mi
- UL Memorial Garden: 23.1 mi
- Post Office Field: 16.9 mi
- Coonagh Nature: 17.6 mi
- Cloonmacken Lake Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
- Three Counties: 22.1 mi
- Cliffs of Dooneen: 22.8 mi
- Bromore Cliffs: 24.1 mi
- Curragower Falls: 20.6 mi
- Virgin Rock: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Foynes Flying Boat & Maritime Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mullaghareirk | S 177° | 414 m | 19.8 mi |
| Knockacummer | S 178° | 408 m | 23.8 mi |
| Slievecallan | NNW 337° | 391 m | 17.2 mi |
| Mullaghanuish | S 174° | 361 m | 18.2 mi |
| Knockanimpaha | S 190° | 344 m | 10.8 mi |
| Knockfeerina | SE 127° | 341.3 m | 15.8 mi |
| Banane | S 173° | 333 m | 21.1 mi |
| Sugar Hill | SSW 192° | 332 m | 12.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:04 | 18:49 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 21:08 | 22:05 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:52 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 08:46 | 15:19 | 16:24 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/278940500
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