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Railway Preservation Society of Ireland

Railway Preservation Society of Ireland is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Divis stands 478 m to the southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Castle Chester, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 0.3 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

railway museum in County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Wikidata Q107171076, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates54.75664, -5.71156

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Castle Chester: 0.2 mi
  • Templecorran: 1.8 mi
  • War Memorial: 4.6 mi
  • Burning Bush: 4.6 mi
  • US Rangers: 4.6 mi
Attractions
Parks
  • Marine Gardens: 4.5 mi
  • Shaftesbury Park: 4.6 mi
  • Legg Park: 5.1 mi
  • Jubilee Park: 6.3 mi
  • Kingsland: 6.5 mi
Artworks
Peaks: 55
  • Muldersleigh Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Donalds Carn: 3.1 mi
  • Slimero: 5.3 mi
  • Irish Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Slievetrue: 8.1 mi
Gardens: 52
Museums: 32
Nature reserves: 10
Waterfalls: 6
  • Glenoe Waterfall: 5.6 mi
  • Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 15.0 mi
  • Cranny Falls: 20.6 mi
  • Ess-Na-Crub Waterfall: 23.7 mi
  • Ess-na-Larach Waterfall: 23.8 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Brompton Bay: 6.2 mi
  • Skippingstone Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Browns bay walk: 7.0 mi
  • Seapark Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach: 9.9 mi
Springs: 5
Cliffs: 4
  • Ballygalley Head: 11.2 mi
  • Bellevue Area of Special Scientific Interest: 11.5 mi
  • Cave Hill: 12.0 mi
  • Limestone Quarry: 12.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Railway Preservation Society of Ireland. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
DivisSW 231°478 m15.8 mi
Agnew's HillNW 305°474 m10.8 mi
Mid HillNW 313°440 m22.2 mi
SlemishWNW 299°437.9 m17.6 mi
CarncormickNW 308°436 m23.3 mi
Collin TopNW 316°429 m22.0 mi
Soarns HillNW 312°403 m21.2 mi
Douglas TopWNW 297°402 m15.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2717:4818:36
June solstice04:4621:0422:05
September equinox07:0918:3719:24
December solstice08:4514:4515:58

Local time (Europe/London).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/632543649

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