Nature reserve · Ireland
Knocksink Wood
Knocksink Wood is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 125 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the west-southwest, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Killegar Church, a historic site 0.4 miles away.
How to reach it
Coordinates53.20303, -6.19020
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Killegar Church: 0.4 mi
- Saint Patrick's Chapel: 1.7 mi
- Ballycorus Chimney: 1.8 mi
- Ballycorus Lead Mines Chimney: 1.8 mi
- Kilternan Abbey: 2.4 mi
Peaks
- Barnaslingan Hill: 1.2 mi
- Carrickgollogan Hill: 1.7 mi
- Prince William's Seat: 2.0 mi
- Knockree: 2.2 mi
- Carrigoona: 2.5 mi
Artworks
- Sitting Mercury: 1.2 mi
- Fame: 1.3 mi
- Diana: 1.3 mi
- Apollo Belvedere: 1.3 mi
- Bronze Group of Children: 1.3 mi
Attractions
- Powerscourt Estate: 1.2 mi
- Powerscourt House: 1.3 mi
- Kilruddery House and Gardens: 3.9 mi
- Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation: 4.2 mi
- Glencree German War Cemetery: 4.2 mi
Gardens
- Italian Garden: 1.3 mi
- Walled Garden: 1.4 mi
- Japanese Garden: 1.4 mi
- Victorian Walled Garden: 2.5 mi
- Sunken Garden: 3.9 mi
Parks
- Ticknick Park: 2.7 mi
- People's Park: 3.0 mi
- Ballywaltrim Park: 3.0 mi
- Tully Park: 3.4 mi
- Beckett Park: 3.4 mi
Springs: 59
- Saint James' Well: 3.4 mi
- Bride's Well: 4.7 mi
- Source of Glencree River: 4.8 mi
- Source of Dargle River: 4.9 mi
- Source of River Liffey: 5.3 mi
Museums: 57
- Explorium: National Sport and Science Centre: 4.8 mi
- Imaginosity: 5.3 mi
- National Maritime Museum of Ireland: 6.6 mi
- Pearse Museum: 6.7 mi
- James Joyce Tower and Museum: 6.7 mi
Beaches: 32
- Bray Beach: 3.9 mi
- Naylor's Cove: 4.3 mi
- Killiney Beach: 5.0 mi
- North Beach: 5.4 mi
- White Rock, Killiney Beach: 5.5 mi
Cliffs: 21
- Lover's Leap: 2.0 mi
- The Shaft: 4.9 mi
- Streaky Slab: 5.0 mi
- Streaky Slab: 5.0 mi
- Telegraph Slab: 5.2 mi
Nature reserves: 20
- The Bog Meadow: 0.9 mi
- Barnaslingan Wood: 1.3 mi
- Ballyman Glen: 1.4 mi
- Dingle Glen: 2.5 mi
- Loughlinstown Woods: 3.8 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- Powerscourt Waterfall: 4.0 mi
- Glenmacnass Waterfall: 11.3 mi
- Devil's Glen Waterfall: 12.1 mi
- Trooperstown Falls: 13.8 mi
- Jackson's Falls: 14.3 mi
Picnic sites: 5
- Hawk Cliff: 5.9 mi
- Toni's: 10.8 mi
- Poplar Square: 19.5 mi
- Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 22.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Knocksink Wood. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kippure | WSW 254° | 757 m | 6.1 mi |
| Djouce | SSW 202° | 725.5 m | 5.4 mi |
| Seefingan | W 265° | 722.9 m | 7.7 mi |
| Duff Hill | SW 230° | 720.78 m | 9.6 mi |
| Gravale | SW 231° | 719.004 m | 8.6 mi |
| War Hill | SSW 211° | 684.8 m | 5.1 mi |
| Carrigvore | SW 228° | 682.36 m | 7.5 mi |
| Seahan | W 277° | 647.3 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 17:52 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 20:59 | 21:56 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:40 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 08:38 | 15:02 | 16:09 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
- Eurasian Jackdaw25 obs
- European Robin19 obs
- Mute Swan16 obs
- Rook16 obs
- Common Moorhen13 obs
- purple foxglove11 obs
- Small Tortoiseshell11 obs
- Hart's-tongue fern10 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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