Museum
Ulster Folk Museum
Ulster Folk Museum is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 101 m. Slieve Croob stands 534 m to the south-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is 'Caught in Time' Exhibition, a museum 0.3 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 4.2 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- National Museums Northern Ireland
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates54.64636, -5.79238
- 4.2 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Overlooks nearby
- The Mount · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Portable Engine: 0.5 mi
- Johnny the Jig: 1.6 mi
- Reconciliation Sculpture: 3.4 mi
- The Gleaner: 3.5 mi
- sculpture: 3.8 mi
Parks
- Ballymenoch Park: 1.1 mi
- Seapark: 1.3 mi
- Praeger's Field: 1.5 mi
- Holywood Nature Park: 2.0 mi
- Killaire Wood Park: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
- Maypole: 1.7 mi
- In grateful memory of the men of Holywood and District: 1.9 mi
- Northern Ireland Centennial: 1.9 mi
- Lord Craigavon's Tomb: 3.3 mi
- Carson's Statue: 3.4 mi
Peaks
- Irish Hill: 2.1 mi
- Cairngaver: 2.7 mi
- Lieutenant Hill: 3.4 mi
- Scrabo Hill: 5.5 mi
- Braniel Hill: 5.6 mi
Attractions
- Grey Point Fort: 2.9 mi
- Senate Chamber: 3.3 mi
- Assembly Chamber: 3.3 mi
- Brompton Pier: 4.6 mi
- HMS Caroline: 4.9 mi
Gardens: 59
- Holocaust Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Lisvannon Community Garden: 4.2 mi
- Garden of Reflection: 4.6 mi
- King's Coronation Garden: 4.6 mi
- Walled Garden: 5.0 mi
Museums: 35
- 'Caught in Time' Exhibition: 0.3 mi
- Folk Galleries: 0.3 mi
- Ulster Transport Museum: 0.7 mi
- The White House: 4.7 mi
- War Years Remembered: 4.7 mi
Nature reserves: 16
- RSPB Belfast Lough: 3.5 mi
- Kiltonga Nature Reserve: 4.6 mi
- Conlig Nature Reserve (proposed): 4.8 mi
- Balloo Wetland Nature Reserve: 5.0 mi
- Bog Meadows: 8.1 mi
Springs: 10
- Volunteers' Well: 5.9 mi
- Spa Well: 10.0 mi
- Sunday Well: 17.1 mi
- St. Mary's Well: 17.5 mi
- Tobernaveen: 17.9 mi
Beaches: 7
- Seapark Beach: 1.3 mi
- Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach: 4.4 mi
- Brompton Bay: 4.5 mi
- Skippingstone Beach: 4.8 mi
- Browns bay walk: 14.3 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Cuan Beach: 18.4 mi
- Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- Seaforde Picnic Site: 22.7 mi
- Strangford Holiday Park Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
- Kilclief Recreation/Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Cave Hill: 6.2 mi
- Bellevue Area of Special Scientific Interest: 6.2 mi
- Limestone Quarry: 6.7 mi
- Ballygalley Head: 17.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 6.8 mi
- Glenoe Waterfall: 10.7 mi
- Stepping Stones: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Ulster Folk Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Croob | SSW 199° | 534 m | 22.4 mi |
| Divis | WSW 255° | 478 m | 9.4 mi |
| Agnew's Hill | NNW 338° | 474 m | 14.9 mi |
| Slievenisky | SSW 198° | 446 m | 22.8 mi |
| Slemish | NW 323° | 437.9 m | 20.3 mi |
| Cratlieve | SSW 202° | 429 m | 23.3 mi |
| Douglas Top | NW 324° | 402 m | 18.2 mi |
| Black Mountain | WSW 251° | 389 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:27 | 17:49 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 04:47 | 21:04 | 22:04 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:37 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 08:45 | 14:46 | 15:59 |
Local time (Europe/London).
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