Park · Ireland
Iveagh Gardens
Iveagh Gardens is a park, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the south-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial to Human Rights Defenders, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Office of Public Works
How to reach it
Coordinates53.33548, -6.26122
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Memorial to Human Rights Defenders: 0.0 mi
- Count John McCormack: 0.1 mi
- James Joyce: 0.1 mi
- Mangan: 0.2 mi
- W.B. Yeats: 0.2 mi
Artworks
- Birdsong: 0.1 mi
- Fluirse Iasc: 0.1 mi
- Looking at the Stars: 0.2 mi
- The Three Fates: 0.2 mi
- Everything has Changed: 0.2 mi
Parks
- Saint Kevin's Park: 0.2 mi
- Fitzwilliam Square: 0.4 mi
- The Cabbage Garden: 0.4 mi
- Dartmouth Square: 0.4 mi
- Saint Patrick's Park: 0.5 mi
Attractions
- Royal Irish Academy: 0.4 mi
- Marsh's Library: 0.5 mi
- National Library of Ireland: 0.5 mi
- Saint Patrick's Cathedral: 0.5 mi
- Saint Patrick's Well: 0.5 mi
Gardens
- Provost's Garden: 0.6 mi
- Chemistry Garden: 0.6 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.6 mi
- Physiology Square: 0.7 mi
- Botany Square: 0.7 mi
Springs
- Saint Broc's Well: 1.6 mi
- St Catherine's Well: 2.4 mi
- Saint John's Well: 2.5 mi
- Rag Well: 5.3 mi
- Saint Brigid's Well: 5.7 mi
Peaks
- Telshaun Hill: 5.2 mi
- Kilmashogue: 5.8 mi
- Three Rock Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Montpelier Hill: 6.5 mi
- Two Rock Mountain: 6.7 mi
Museums: 56
- Museum of Literature Ireland: 0.1 mi
- The Little Museum of Dublin: 0.3 mi
- National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street: 0.4 mi
- National Museum of Ireland, Natural History: 0.4 mi
- Civic Museum: 0.5 mi
Beaches: 29
- Sandymount Strand: 2.0 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 2.2 mi
- Merrion Strand: 2.7 mi
- Seapoint: 5.0 mi
- Dollymount Strand: 5.1 mi
Nature reserves: 21
- The Grove: 0.9 mi
- Booterstown Nature Reserve: 3.0 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 3.1 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 3.4 mi
- Wildflower Meadow: 4.4 mi
Cliffs: 14
- Hawk Cliff: 8.1 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 8.2 mi
- Lover's Leap: 11.4 mi
- The Shaft: 13.0 mi
- Streaky Slab: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 8
- Leixlip Spa Waterfall: 10.4 mi
- Powerscourt Waterfall: 13.2 mi
- Glenmacnass Waterfall: 19.0 mi
- Poulaphuca Waterfall: 20.1 mi
- Devil's Glen Waterfall: 21.6 mi
Picnic sites: 7
- Toni's: 2.2 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 8.1 mi
- Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 13.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- BBQ Area: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Iveagh Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kippure | SSW 195° | 757 m | 11.3 mi |
| Djouce | S 176° | 725.5 m | 14.2 mi |
| Seefingan | SSW 205° | 722.9 m | 10.9 mi |
| War Hill | S 179° | 684.8 m | 13.5 mi |
| Seahan | SSW 211° | 647.3 m | 9.6 mi |
| Tonduff | S 181° | 642 m | 12.0 mi |
| Seefin | SSW 208° | 620.6 m | 11.7 mi |
| Corrig Mountain | SSW 208° | 617.1 m | 9.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 17:52 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 04:57 | 21:00 | 21:58 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:40 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 08:39 | 15:01 | 16:09 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
- European Herring Gull1,311 obs
- Eurasian Magpie739 obs
- Rock Pigeon456 obs
- Mute Swan451 obs
- Mallard410 obs
- Common Moorhen398 obs
- Grey Heron379 obs
- Tufted Duck323 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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