Galway City Museum
Galway City Museum is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Binn Shleibhe stands 418 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Spanish Arch, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Wild Atlantic Way runs past it. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
local authority museum in Galway City, Ireland
Dates from 2006.
Wikidata Q2784678, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Wild Atlantic Way, National
Overlooks nearby
- Salmon Weir Bridge · 1 mi
- Bird Sanctuary · 3 mi
- Murrooghtoohy · 13 mi
- Luca's Viewpoint · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Christopher Columbus Monument: 0.1 mi
- Blake's Castle: 0.1 mi
- Blake's Castle: 0.1 mi
- Hall of the Red Earl: 0.1 mi
- Pat Bracken 1951-2010: 0.1 mi
- Saint Augustine's Well: 0.7 mi
- Tobermaconry (site of): 2.3 mi
- Tobernasorney: 5.0 mi
- St. Cyprian's Well: 7.8 mi
- St. Sourneys Well: 7.9 mi
- Leadmine Hill: 3.2 mi
- Cnoc an Gharráin: 8.6 mi
- Cnoc an Bhaile Nua: 9.0 mi
- Abbey Hill: 9.0 mi
- Slieve Oughtmama: 10.1 mi
- Spanish Arch: 0.0 mi
- Legend of the Claddagh Ring: 0.2 mi
- City Walls: 0.3 mi
- Katie's Claddagh Cottage: 0.3 mi
- Yew Tree Maze: 1.0 mi
- Father Burke Park: 0.2 mi
- South Park: 0.3 mi
- Eyre Square: 0.4 mi
- Woodquay Park: 0.5 mi
- Millennium Children's Park: 0.5 mi
- Grattan Beach: 0.7 mi
- Dead Mans Beach: 0.8 mi
- Trawclogh: 1.4 mi
- Ballyloughane Beach: 1.4 mi
- Ladies Beach: 1.5 mi
- Galway Girl: 0.1 mi
- Oscar Wilde and Eduard Vilde sculpture: 0.3 mi
- Plaque bearing poem: 0.3 mi
- Quincentennial Fountain: 0.4 mi
- Bust of American President JFK: 0.4 mi
- Westside Community Organic Garden: 1.0 mi
- Walled Garden: 12.4 mi
- Caher Bridge Garden: 13.3 mi
- Walled Garden: 15.0 mi
- Woodville Walled Garden: 16.9 mi
- Claddagh Ring Museum: 0.1 mi
- Galway Arts Centre: 0.2 mi
- Zoology Museum: 0.6 mi
- James Mitchell Geology Museum: 0.6 mi
- Heritage Center: 12.9 mi
- Cnoc na gCuinín: 3.1 mi
- Oughtdarra: 18.4 mi
- Oughtdarra: 18.4 mi
- Oughtdarra: 18.5 mi
- Ailladie: 18.7 mi
- Hen Harrier Reserve: 4.8 mi
- Ballycurrin Lighthouse: 16.3 mi
- Screebe Waterfall: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Galway City Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binn Shleibhe | NW 320° | 417.818 m | 24.1 mi |
| Lackavrea | NW 307° | 396 m | 24.7 mi |
| Cashlaundrumlahan | SE 124° | 358 m | 21.8 mi |
| Cnoc na Saileog | WNW 297° | 346 m | 19.9 mi |
| Slieve Elva | SW 215° | 344 m | 15.6 mi |
| Slievecarran | S 171° | 326 m | 12.2 mi |
| Leaca Donna | WNW 295° | 323 m | 20.3 mi |
| Gleninagh Mountain | SW 217° | 316.1 m | 12.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:03 | 18:49 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 21:11 | 22:08 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:52 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 08:50 | 15:13 | 16:20 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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