Nature reserve
Hollymount Forest nature reserve
Hollymount Forest nature reserve is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of -1 m. Slieve Donard stands 849 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Grave of Magnus Barefoot, a historic site 0.8 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 25 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1987-03-24
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates54.32012, -5.75149
- 24.6 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Grave of Magnus Barefoot: 0.8 mi
- St. Patrick's Grave: 1.3 mi
- Nut Grove House: 2.2 mi
- Castle Screen: 2.2 mi
- Struell Wells: 3.0 mi
Parks
- The Grove Recreation Area: 1.3 mi
- Roughal Park Recreation Area: 1.7 mi
- Quoile Steamboat Quay: 3.4 mi
- Delamont Country Park: 5.1 mi
- Tobar Mhuire Retreat & Conference Centre: 5.2 mi
Attractions
- The King in the North: 1.4 mi
- St Patrick's Chair: 3.0 mi
- Hoster Tully's Funeral Jetty: 3.4 mi
- Mount Panther Farm Park: 4.8 mi
- Castle Ward House: 7.6 mi
Artworks
- Girl from Mars: 1.6 mi
- On the Way to the Fair: 4.0 mi
- Strangford Stone: 5.2 mi
- Tonn Ruray Sculptural Horn: 5.5 mi
- Hans Sloane: 6.8 mi
Peaks
- Wallace Hill: 4.7 mi
- Carney Hill: 5.3 mi
- Edenarrif Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Dunmore Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Stump Hill: 6.9 mi
Gardens: 53
- Victorian Garden: 2.2 mi
- Nutgrove Garden: 2.2 mi
- Seaforde Gardens: 3.7 mi
- The Barn Gallery and Rose Garden: 5.9 mi
- Shrigley Community Garden: 7.2 mi
Cliffs: 46
- Spinkanee: 8.1 mi
- Nerwcastle Beach Bouldering: 9.8 mi
- Eagle Rock: 11.5 mi
- The Castles: 12.1 mi
- Slieve Beg: 12.5 mi
Museums: 26
- Carriage Gallery: 1.2 mi
- Down County Museum: 1.4 mi
- St. Patricks Visitor Centre: 1.4 mi
- Linen Centre and Museum: 17.7 mi
- Museum of Orange Heritage: 18.3 mi
Picnic sites: 24
- Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
- Seaforde Picnic Site: 3.5 mi
- Clough Picnic Site: 4.1 mi
- Widow's Row Car Park: 5.2 mi
- Dundrum Boat Park: 5.5 mi
Nature reserves: 19
- Quoile Pondage Basin nature reserve: 3.6 mi
- Bohill Nature Reserve: 4.4 mi
- Murlough National Nature Reserve: 6.6 mi
- Murlough Nature Reserve: 7.4 mi
- Cloughy Rocks nature reserve: 8.6 mi
Springs: 10
- Toberasool: 2.9 mi
- St. Patrick's Wells: 3.0 mi
- St. Patrick's Wells: 3.0 mi
- Mearing Well: 3.2 mi
- St Patrick's Well: 4.5 mi
Beaches: 10
- Tyrella Beach: 4.7 mi
- Rossglass Beach: 5.4 mi
- Gilpin Harbour: 8.4 mi
- Kilclief Beach: 8.5 mi
- Mill Quarter Beach: 8.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Black Stairs: 10.8 mi
- Stepping Stones: 16.9 mi
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 17.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Hollymount Forest nature reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Donard | SW 215° | 849 m | 11.8 mi |
| Slieve Commedagh | SW 220° | 767 m | 11.8 mi |
| Slieve Bearnagh | SW 226° | 739 m | 13.4 mi |
| Slievelamagan | SW 219° | 702.2 m | 13.7 mi |
| Slieve Meelmore | SW 228° | 687 m | 13.5 mi |
| Slieve Bearnagh North Tor | SW 226° | 680 m | 13.2 mi |
| Chimney Rock Mtn | SSW 211° | 656 m | 12.7 mi |
| Cove Mtn | SW 219° | 654.8 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:27 | 17:49 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 04:49 | 21:02 | 22:02 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:37 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 08:43 | 14:50 | 16:01 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
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