Nature reserve
Murlough National Nature Reserve
Murlough National Nature Reserve is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Slieve Donard stands 849 m to the southwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Twelve Arches Recreation Area, a picnic site 0.7 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1977-04-01
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates54.24172, -5.84598
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Tonn Ruray Sculptural Horn: 1.3 mi
- Tails of Flight: 2.5 mi
- Percy French: 2.6 mi
- Crab Claw: 2.6 mi
- Listener of the Sea: 2.8 mi
Parks
- Castle Park: 2.8 mi
- Donard Park: 3.3 mi
- Harrison Vista: 4.4 mi
- Castlewellan Forest Park: 4.9 mi
- The Grove Recreation Area: 7.8 mi
Historic sites
- Clough Castle: 3.5 mi
- Tea House: 4.7 mi
- Castlewellan Castle: 4.7 mi
- Ice House: 4.9 mi
- Castle Screen: 5.0 mi
Peaks
- Bunkers Hill: 3.6 mi
- Drinnahilly: 3.8 mi
- Curraghard: 3.9 mi
- Millstone Mountain: 4.3 mi
- The Drinns: 4.3 mi
Cliffs: 50
- Nerwcastle Beach Bouldering: 3.2 mi
- Eagle Rock: 4.9 mi
- Spinkanee: 5.2 mi
- The Castles: 5.5 mi
- Annalong Buttress: 5.9 mi
Gardens: 41
- Tollymore Arboretum: 4.1 mi
- Spring Garden: 4.5 mi
- The Annesley Garden: 4.6 mi
- Scented Garden: 4.6 mi
- Winter Garden: 4.7 mi
Attractions: 31
- Mount Panther Farm Park: 2.4 mi
- The Starks Find Direwolf Pups: 4.5 mi
- The Wildling Pit: 4.9 mi
- The King in the North: 8.0 mi
- St Patrick's Chair: 8.8 mi
Picnic sites: 27
- Twelve Arches Recreation Area: 0.7 mi
- Dundrum Inner Bay: 0.7 mi
- Greenbanks picnic site: 1.1 mi
- Dundrum Boat Park: 1.3 mi
- Widow's Row Car Park: 1.6 mi
Nature reserves: 16
- Murlough Nature Reserve: 0.9 mi
- Tollymore Forest Park Entrance: 3.3 mi
- Hollymount Forest nature reserve: 6.6 mi
- Bohill Nature Reserve: 7.1 mi
- Quoile Pondage Basin nature reserve: 10.2 mi
Springs: 11
- St Patrick's Well: 2.1 mi
- St. Patrick's Wells: 8.9 mi
- St. Patrick's Wells: 8.9 mi
- Toberasool: 9.3 mi
- Mearing Well: 9.7 mi
Museums: 10
- Carriage Gallery: 7.6 mi
- St. Patricks Visitor Centre: 7.8 mi
- Down County Museum: 7.9 mi
- Greenore Railway Museum: 18.6 mi
- Linen Centre and Museum: 20.2 mi
Beaches: 6
- Tyrella Beach: 4.4 mi
- Rossglass Beach: 6.3 mi
- Gilpin Harbour: 12.5 mi
- Mill Quarter Beach: 13.4 mi
- Kilclief Beach: 13.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Black Stairs: 4.2 mi
- Stepping Stones: 16.7 mi
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Murlough National Nature Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Donard | SW 216° | 849 m | 5.2 mi |
| Slieve Commedagh | SW 226° | 767 m | 5.2 mi |
| Slieve Binnian | SW 218° | 745.9 m | 8.8 mi |
| Slieve Bearnagh | SW 235° | 739 m | 7.0 mi |
| Slievelamagan | SW 223° | 702.2 m | 7.1 mi |
| Slieve Meelbeg | WSW 239° | 701.9 m | 7.7 mi |
| Slieve Meelmore | WSW 240° | 687 m | 7.2 mi |
| Slieve Bearnagh North Tor | SW 236° | 680 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:27 | 17:49 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 21:02 | 22:02 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:38 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 08:43 | 14:51 | 16:02 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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