Botanic Gardens
Botanic Gardens is a park, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Slieve Croob stands 534 m to the south, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Ulster Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 5.9 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Belfast City Council
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 5.9 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Overlooks nearby
- The Mount · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- New Metal Piece: 0.2 mi
- Galileo Galilei: 0.3 mi
- Reclining Figure: 0.3 mi
- King William III: 0.9 mi
- For the Football: 1.0 mi
- Palm House: 0.2 mi
- Belfast City Hall: 1.1 mi
- The Belfast Barge: 1.3 mi
- Francis Calder Commemorative Fountain: 1.4 mi
- Peace Wall: 1.7 mi
- Lord Kelvin's Statue: 0.2 mi
- WWI Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Rory Gallagher Statue: 0.9 mi
- Sir Otto Jaffe: 1.0 mi
- Lord Dufferin Monument: 1.1 mi
- Crescent Park: 0.4 mi
- King William Park: 0.5 mi
- Ormeau Park: 0.6 mi
- Park Avenue Rooftop Garden: 0.8 mi
- Park Avenue Rooftop Garden: 0.8 mi
- Saint James' Community Farm: 1.3 mi
- Knockbreda Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- City Quays Gardens: 1.7 mi
- Therapy Garden & Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Gairdín an Phobail: 2.3 mi
- Black Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Braniel Hill: 3.3 mi
- Black Hill: 3.3 mi
- Divis: 4.0 mi
- Squires Hill: 4.6 mi
- Ulster Museum: 0.2 mi
- George Best's Family Home: 1.4 mi
- Royal Ulster Rifles Museum: 1.4 mi
- Northern Ireland War Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Northern Ireland War Memorial Museum: 1.5 mi
- Bog Meadows: 1.4 mi
- Lagan Meadows: 1.4 mi
- RSPB Belfast Lough: 4.0 mi
- Slievenacloy Nature Reserve: 5.6 mi
- Belshaw's Quarry Nature Reserve: 7.5 mi
- Cuan Beach: 17.3 mi
- Seaforde Picnic Site: 18.5 mi
- Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
- Clough Picnic Site: 20.6 mi
- Playrock Viewpoint: 20.9 mi
- Volunteers' Well: 4.6 mi
- St. Mary's Well: 14.8 mi
- Spa Well: 14.9 mi
- Sunday Well: 15.1 mi
- Tobernaveen: 16.4 mi
- Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach: 5.8 mi
- Seapark Beach: 6.4 mi
- Brompton Bay: 11.6 mi
- Skippingstone Beach: 11.8 mi
- Browns bay walk: 19.9 mi
- Limestone Quarry: 4.3 mi
- Cave Hill: 4.8 mi
- Bellevue Area of Special Scientific Interest: 5.5 mi
- Spinkanee: 20.1 mi
- Ballygalley Head: 22.3 mi
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 1.9 mi
- Stepping Stones: 14.4 mi
- Glenoe Waterfall: 15.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Botanic Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Croob | S 186° | 534 m | 16.7 mi |
| Divis | WNW 301° | 478 m | 4.0 mi |
| Agnew's Hill | N 360° | 474 m | 18.3 mi |
| Slievenisky | S 184° | 446 m | 17.3 mi |
| Cratlieve | S 190° | 429 m | 17.4 mi |
| Douglas Top | NNW 345° | 402 m | 19.9 mi |
| Slievegarran | S 186° | 391 m | 18.6 mi |
| Black Mountain | WNW 302° | 389 m | 3.2 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 | 22:04 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:38 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 08:45 | 14:48 | 16:00 |
Local time (Europe/London).
- common hawthorn221 obs
- Seven-spotted Lady Beetle124 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel119 obs
- European Robin92 obs
- Hooded Crow92 obs
- Black-headed Gull90 obs
- Eurasian Blackbird89 obs
- Small Tortoiseshell83 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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