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The Steam Musem

The Steam Musem is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 62 m. Mullaghcleevaun stands 847 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Lodge Park Walled Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away.

The story

The Steam Museum & Lodge Park Walled Garden is a steam museum and tourist destination in Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1988.

Wikidata Q28196153, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates53.31195, -6.60001

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Saint Patrick's Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Lyons Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Athgoe Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Black Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Kill Hill: 4.6 mi
Springs
  • Saint Patrick's Well: 1.2 mi
  • Lady's Well: 1.7 mi
  • Lady's Well: 3.4 mi
  • Ward's Well: 3.6 mi
  • Saint Finian's Well: 3.8 mi
Parks
  • The Triangle: 1.6 mi
  • Community Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Oakleigh Park: 2.6 mi
  • Castletown Demesne: 3.8 mi
  • Taobh Chnoic Park: 4.3 mi
Attractions
Museums: 57
Beaches: 24
Nature reserves: 21
Cliffs: 19
  • Lover's Leap: 20.5 mi
  • Hawk Cliff: 20.9 mi
  • Hawk Cliff: 21.0 mi
  • Glendalough Crags: 22.7 mi
  • Baravore Valley Lower: 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Poplar Square: 6.9 mi
  • Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 11.4 mi
  • Toni's: 12.0 mi
  • Newbridge Town Park: 12.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 13.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of The Steam Musem. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MullaghcleevaunSSE 151°846.681 m16.5 mi
KippureSE 130°757 m14.4 mi
SeefinganSE 131°722.9 m12.4 mi
Duff HillSE 145°720.78 m16.7 mi
GravaleSE 141°719.004 m16.6 mi
MoanbaneSSE 158°703 m15.6 mi
SilseanSSE 161°698 m16.1 mi
CarrigvoreSE 138°682.36 m17.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3017:5318:39
June solstice04:5921:0121:59
September equinox07:1218:4219:28
December solstice08:4015:0316:10

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/1107654405

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