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The Butter Museum

The Butter Museum, a museum in Ireland
The Butter Museum, a museum in IrelandBjørn Christian Tørrissen · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Butter Museum, a museum in Ireland
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The Butter Museum, a museum in Ireland
psyberartist · CC BY 2.0
The Butter Museum, a museum in Ireland
psyberartist · CC BY 2.0
The Butter Museum, a museum in Ireland
psyberartist · CC BY 2.0
The Butter Museum, a museum in Ireland
psyberartist · CC BY 2.0

The Butter Museum is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Musheramore stands 643 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is The Shandon Experience, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 14 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Cork Butter Museum is a museum in Cork city in Ireland which documents the history of butter production and sale in County Cork. It is housed in the former Cork Butter Market.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1985.

Wikidata Q22936115, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
The Cork Butter Museum CLG
Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Limited

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates51.90278, -8.47697

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • St Peter's Park: 0.3 mi
  • Bell's Field: 0.3 mi
  • Bishop Lucey Park: 0.4 mi
  • Peace Park: 0.5 mi
  • Glentrasna Park: 0.7 mi
Springs
Artworks: 54
Attractions: 43
Peaks: 38
  • Grange Hill: 7.4 mi
  • Bottle Hill: 10.7 mi
  • Rock Hill: 11.3 mi
  • Lyradane Mountain: 11.3 mi
  • Devonshire's Hill: 11.8 mi
Beaches: 28
Gardens: 21
Museums: 17
Picnic sites: 9
  • Clogheenmilcon Nature Reserve Killeens End: 3.1 mi
  • Clogheenmilcon Nature Reserve Blarney End: 3.5 mi
  • Innishannon Woods: 12.5 mi
  • Rostellen Woods picnic area: 12.8 mi
  • Ballinadee Millenium Project: 14.7 mi
Nature reserves: 3
  • Clogheenmilcon Sanctuary: 3.5 mi
  • Loughbeg Bird Reserve: 9.0 mi
  • Cuskinny Marsh Bird Sanctuary: 9.3 mi
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Power’s Bridge: 13.5 mi
  • Mullinhassig Waterfall: 15.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MusheramoreWNW 290°642.7 m22.7 mi
MusherabegWNW 287°498.8 m23.6 mi
Seefin East TopWNW 295°491 m20.4 mi
SeefinWNW 294°491 m21.3 mi
Mount HillaryNW 313°444.1 m21.1 mi
Knockcraugh HillWNW 296°434 m18.9 mi
BurrenWNW 282°433 m18.7 mi
KnocknaskaghN 7°426.5 m14.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0218:47
June solstice05:1521:0321:58
September equinox07:2018:5019:35
December solstice08:4015:2316:25

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/628102618

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