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Tower Museum, a museum
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Tower Museum, a museum
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Tower Museum, a museum
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Tower Museum, a museum
Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0
Tower Museum, a museum
Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0
Tower Museum, a museum
Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0

Tower Museum is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Slieve Snaght stands 615 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Peace Flame, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 1.9 miles off.

About

The story

The Tower Museum is a museum on local history in Derry, Northern Ireland.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1992.

Wikidata Q17985008, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates54.99733, -7.32071

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
  • Minky Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Clondermot Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Killea Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Holywell Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Ardnamoyle: 4.3 mi
Parks: 40
  • Garden of Reflection: 0.2 mi
  • Silent Meadows: 0.3 mi
  • Bonds Hill Park: 0.4 mi
  • Brooke Park: 0.5 mi
  • Creggan Burn Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks: 28
  • Mute Meadow: 0.3 mi
  • International Sailor: 0.3 mi
  • Hands Across the Divide statue: 0.4 mi
  • Amazing Space Peace Tree: 0.5 mi
  • Hedgehog: 1.4 mi
Attractions: 20
Beaches: 19
  • Millybay: 8.4 mi
  • Brown Shore: 8.7 mi
  • Lisfannon Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Carricknaha: 9.4 mi
  • Mullanadee Shore: 9.5 mi
Springs: 12
  • St. Patrick's Well: 4.6 mi
  • Saint Boyne's Well: 6.6 mi
  • Tober Well: 7.9 mi
  • Fahan Holy Well: 8.3 mi
  • Toberanna: 17.4 mi
Museums: 11
Picnic sites: 6
  • Ballynashallog Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
  • McDonald's Outdoor Seating Area: 16.9 mi
  • Cashel: 18.5 mi
  • Ballyhacket View: 21.2 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Dungeon Waterfall: 5.1 mi
  • Ness Waterfall Highest Waterfall In Northern Ireland: 6.6 mi
  • Corbylin Waterfall: 7.5 mi
  • Glenevin Waterfall: 19.0 mi
  • Altkeeran Waterfall: 24.2 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Cutting Flower Patch: 12.9 mi
  • Walled Garden: 13.0 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 15.3 mi
  • Walled Garden: 16.4 mi
  • Castle Leisure Park: 16.6 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Cliffs: 2
  • Legananam Pot: 19.8 mi
  • Craig-na-Shoke: 21.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Tower Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slieve SnaghtN 358°614.6 m13.8 mi
Slieve MainN 355°514 m13.1 mi
Wee Slieve SnaghtN 358°500 m14.3 mi
Scalp MountainNNW 345°484 m6.6 mi
DamphN 359°420 m12.5 mi
Eskaheen MountainN 3°418 m7.3 mi
Balix HillS 170°403 m13.1 mi
Owenreagh HillS 185°400 m13.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3317:5418:42
June solstice04:5121:1122:13
September equinox07:1518:4319:31
December solstice08:5314:4916:03

Local time (Europe/London).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1065706348

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