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Donard Park

Donard Park from directly overhead

Donard Park is a park, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Slieve Donard stands 849 m to the south-southwest, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Cone of Light, a artwork 0.2 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates54.20527, -5.89788

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Castle Park: 0.4 mi
  • Harrison Vista: 4.6 mi
  • Castlewellan Forest Park: 4.7 mi
  • Annalong Marine Park: 6.6 mi
  • Spelga Park Grass Area: 9.8 mi
Peaks
  • Drinnahilly: 0.6 mi
  • Thomas's Mountain: 1.1 mi
  • Millstone Mountain: 1.2 mi
  • Slievenamaddy: 1.3 mi
  • Curraghard: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Ice House: 4.6 mi
  • Castlewellan Castle: 4.7 mi
  • Tea House: 5.0 mi
  • Moorish Tower: 5.3 mi
  • Kilcoo Church (ruins): 5.9 mi
Cliffs: 50
  • Nerwcastle Beach Bouldering: 0.3 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 1.6 mi
  • The Castles: 2.3 mi
  • Annalong Buttress: 2.7 mi
  • Slieve Beg: 2.7 mi
Gardens: 32
Picnic sites: 27
Attractions: 24
Nature reserves: 14
Springs: 13
Museums: 7
Beaches: 6
  • Tyrella Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Rossglass Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Beach - Costa del Ceanfield: 13.9 mi
  • Gilpin Harbour: 15.3 mi
  • Mill Quarter Beach: 16.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Black Stairs: 0.9 mi
  • Stepping Stones: 17.3 mi
  • Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 25.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Donard Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slieve DonardSSW 208°849 m2.0 mi
Slieve CommedaghSW 235°767 m2.0 mi
Slieve BinnianSW 217°745.9 m5.5 mi
Slieve BearnaghWSW 248°739 m4.0 mi
SlievelamaganSW 226°702.2 m3.8 mi
Slieve MeelbegWSW 252°701.9 m4.7 mi
Slieve MeelmoreWSW 255°687 m4.3 mi
Slieve Bearnagh North TorWSW 250°680 m3.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2717:5018:36
June solstice04:5021:0222:02
September equinox07:0918:3819:25
December solstice08:4214:5116:02

Local time (Europe/London).

  • purple foxglove21 obs
  • Tutsan12 obs
  • European holly11 obs
  • Red Valerian11 obs
  • Eurasian Jackdaw11 obs
  • Bull Thistle9 obs
  • white clover9 obs
  • Bell Heather9 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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OpenStreetMap element way/78132990

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