Nature reserve
Quoile Pondage Basin nature reserve
Quoile Pondage Basin nature reserve is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Slieve Donard stands 849 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Steamboat Quay, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 23 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1970-09-04
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates54.35860, -5.69218
- 22.8 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Steamboat Quay: 0.2 mi
- St Patrick's Statue: 1.9 mi
- Struell Wells: 2.5 mi
- St. Patrick's Grave: 2.5 mi
- Grave of Magnus Barefoot: 3.1 mi
Parks
- Quoile Steamboat Quay: 0.2 mi
- Delamont Country Park: 1.6 mi
- Roughal Park Recreation Area: 1.9 mi
- The Grove Recreation Area: 2.5 mi
- Tobar Mhuire Retreat & Conference Centre: 3.6 mi
Attractions
- Hoster Tully's Funeral Jetty: 0.2 mi
- The King in the North: 2.2 mi
- St Patrick's Chair: 2.5 mi
- Castle Ward House: 4.5 mi
- Winterfell Castle Courtyard: 4.7 mi
Artworks
- Strangford Stone: 1.6 mi
- Girl from Mars: 2.2 mi
- Hans Sloane: 3.3 mi
- On the Way to the Fair: 7.4 mi
- Tonn Ruray Sculptural Horn: 9.1 mi
Peaks
- Wallace Hill: 1.9 mi
- Carney Hill: 2.0 mi
- Stump Hill: 4.9 mi
- Edenarrif Mountain: 7.7 mi
- Thompson's Hill: 8.4 mi
Gardens: 55
- Victorian Garden: 2.5 mi
- Shrigley Community Garden: 3.7 mi
- Sunken Garden: 4.5 mi
- Walled Garden: 4.5 mi
- Nutgrove Garden: 5.2 mi
Cliffs: 46
- Spinkanee: 11.3 mi
- Nerwcastle Beach Bouldering: 13.4 mi
- Eagle Rock: 15.1 mi
- The Castles: 15.7 mi
- Annalong Buttress: 16.1 mi
Museums: 26
- Down County Museum: 2.4 mi
- St. Patricks Visitor Centre: 2.4 mi
- Carriage Gallery: 2.6 mi
- Ards Arts Centre: 16.2 mi
- War Years Remembered: 16.7 mi
Picnic sites: 21
- Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
- Cuan Beach: 3.0 mi
- Strangford Holiday Park Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
- Kilclief Recreation/Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
- Seaforde Picnic Site: 6.5 mi
Nature reserves: 18
- Hollymount Forest nature reserve: 3.6 mi
- Cloughy Rocks nature reserve: 5.8 mi
- Bohill Nature Reserve: 6.6 mi
- Killard National Nature Reserve: 7.1 mi
- Ballyquintin Point Nature Reserve: 7.9 mi
Springs: 10
- Mearing Well: 1.0 mi
- Toberasool: 1.5 mi
- St. Patrick's Wells: 2.4 mi
- St. Patrick's Wells: 2.5 mi
- St. Anne's Well: 3.0 mi
Beaches: 9
- Kilclief Beach: 6.2 mi
- Mill Quarter Beach: 6.6 mi
- Gilpin Harbour: 7.4 mi
- Rossglass Beach: 7.4 mi
- Tyrella Beach: 7.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Black Stairs: 14.4 mi
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 16.4 mi
- Stepping Stones: 18.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Quoile Pondage Basin nature reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Donard | SW 217° | 849 m | 15.4 mi |
| Slieve Commedagh | SW 220° | 767 m | 15.4 mi |
| Chimney Rock Mtn | SSW 213° | 656 m | 16.2 mi |
| Slieve Corragh | SW 222° | 641.9 m | 15.7 mi |
| Slieve Beg | SW 220° | 595.9 m | 16.1 mi |
| Slievenaglogh | SW 224° | 584.4 m | 15.9 mi |
| Slievenaglogh East Top | SW 224° | 571 m | 15.8 mi |
| Crossone | SW 215° | 540 m | 15.2 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 | 14:49 | 16:00 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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