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Father Collins Park

Father Collins Park from directly overhead

Father Collins Park is a park, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Belltree Park, a park 0.2 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
Dublin City Council

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates53.40582, -6.16027

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Belltree Park: 0.2 mi
  • River Mayne Linear Park: 0.2 mi
  • Belltree Green: 0.3 mi
  • Parkside Park: 0.3 mi
  • Beau Park Square: 0.5 mi
Springs
Attractions
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Herb Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Walled Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Irish Suzhou Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Rose Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Talbot Botanic Garden: 2.7 mi
Peaks
Beaches: 29
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 6
  • Toni's: 7.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
  • Hawk Cliff: 9.8 mi
  • BBQ Area: 12.2 mi
  • Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 15.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Father Collins Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KippureSSW 204°757 m17.3 mi
SeefinganSSW 211°722.9 m17.2 mi
SeahanSW 215°647.3 m15.9 mi
TonduffSSW 195°642 m17.5 mi
SeefinSSW 213°620.6 m18.0 mi
Corrig MountainSSW 213°617.1 m15.8 mi
Tonduff East TopSSW 192°593 m17.7 mi
Glendoo MountainSSW 203°585.094 m13.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2917:5118:37
June solstice04:5721:0021:58
September equinox07:1118:4019:26
December solstice08:3915:0016:08

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Hooded Crow16 obs
  • Eurasian Oystercatcher13 obs
  • European Herring Gull13 obs
  • Black-headed Gull12 obs
  • Little Egret11 obs
  • Brant11 obs
  • Eurasian Curlew10 obs
  • Grey Heron10 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/139437113

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