Ulster Museum
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Ulster Museum is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. Slieve Croob stands 534 m to the south, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is New Metal Piece, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 5.8 miles off.
The story
The Ulster Museum, located in the Botanic Gardens in Belfast, has around 8,000 square metres (90,000 sq. ft.) of public display space, featuring material from the collections of fine art and applied art, archaeology, ethnography, treasures from the Spanish Armada, local history, numismatics, industrial archaeology, botany, zoology and geology. It is the largest museum in Northern Ireland, and one of the components of National Museums Northern Ireland.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1929.
Wikidata Q3547979, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Overlooks nearby
- The Mount · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- New Metal Piece: 0.0 mi
- Galileo Galilei: 0.2 mi
- Reclining Figure: 0.2 mi
- King William III: 0.8 mi
- For the Football: 0.9 mi
- Lord Kelvin's Statue: 0.1 mi
- WWI Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Rory Gallagher Statue: 0.9 mi
- Sir Otto Jaffe: 1.0 mi
- Lord Dufferin Monument: 1.0 mi
- Palm House: 0.1 mi
- Belfast City Hall: 1.0 mi
- The Belfast Barge: 1.3 mi
- Francis Calder Commemorative Fountain: 1.4 mi
- Peace Wall: 1.6 mi
- Botanic Gardens: 0.2 mi
- Crescent Park: 0.4 mi
- King William Park: 0.4 mi
- Blythefield Park: 0.7 mi
- Ormeau Park: 0.7 mi
- Saint James' Community Farm: 1.1 mi
- City Quays Gardens: 1.7 mi
- Knockbreda Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Therapy Garden & Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Gairdín an Phobail: 2.1 mi
- Black Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Black Hill: 3.2 mi
- Braniel Hill: 3.5 mi
- Divis: 3.9 mi
- Squires Hill: 4.5 mi
- Royal Ulster Rifles Museum: 1.3 mi
- Northern Ireland War Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Northern Ireland War Memorial Museum: 1.4 mi
- George Best's Family Home: 1.5 mi
- W5: 1.7 mi
- Bog Meadows: 1.2 mi
- Lagan Meadows: 1.5 mi
- RSPB Belfast Lough: 4.1 mi
- Slievenacloy Nature Reserve: 5.4 mi
- Belshaw's Quarry Nature Reserve: 7.4 mi
- Cuan Beach: 17.4 mi
- Seaforde Picnic Site: 18.6 mi
- Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Clough Picnic Site: 20.7 mi
- Playrock Viewpoint: 21.0 mi
- Volunteers' Well: 4.5 mi
- St. Mary's Well: 14.9 mi
- Spa Well: 15.0 mi
- Sunday Well: 15.3 mi
- Tobernaveen: 16.2 mi
- Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach: 5.8 mi
- Seapark Beach: 6.5 mi
- Brompton Bay: 11.6 mi
- Skippingstone Beach: 11.9 mi
- Browns bay walk: 19.9 mi
- Limestone Quarry: 4.2 mi
- Cave Hill: 4.7 mi
- Bellevue Area of Special Scientific Interest: 5.4 mi
- Spinkanee: 20.2 mi
- Ballygalley Head: 22.2 mi
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 2.1 mi
- Stepping Stones: 14.4 mi
- Glenoe Waterfall: 15.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Ulster Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Croob | S 185° | 534 m | 16.8 mi |
| Divis | WNW 301° | 478 m | 3.9 mi |
| Agnew's Hill | N 0° | 474 m | 18.2 mi |
| Slievenisky | S 184° | 446 m | 17.4 mi |
| Cratlieve | S 190° | 429 m | 17.4 mi |
| Douglas Top | NNW 345° | 402 m | 19.7 mi |
| Slievegarran | S 185° | 391 m | 18.7 mi |
| Black Mountain | WNW 302° | 389 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:28 | 17:49 | 18:37 |
| June solstice | 04:48 | 21:04 | 22:05 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:38 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 08:45 | 14:48 | 16:00 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/10289074
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