Ward Park
Ward Park is a park, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Divis stands 478 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Bangor Cenotaph, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 6.4 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Overlooks nearby
- The Mount · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bangor Cenotaph: 0.1 mi
- McKee Clock: 0.5 mi
- Helen's Tower: 2.8 mi
- BCDR Railway Bridge: 2.9 mi
- North Shaft Chimney: 3.1 mi
- Castle Park: 0.4 mi
- Ballyholme Green: 0.6 mi
- Brice Park: 0.6 mi
- Kingsland: 0.7 mi
- Clandeboye Play Park: 0.9 mi
- Brompton Pier: 1.2 mi
- Grey Point Fort: 3.4 mi
- Andrew Jackson Cottage and US Rangers Centre: 6.6 mi
- Red Squirrel Hide: 7.3 mi
- Senate Chamber: 7.8 mi
- Walled Garden: 0.5 mi
- Garden of Reflection: 4.7 mi
- Walled Garden: 6.3 mi
- Millisle Community Garden: 6.6 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 7.2 mi
- Irish Hill: 3.7 mi
- Lieutenant Hill: 3.9 mi
- Cairngaver: 4.6 mi
- Barnagh Hill: 5.1 mi
- Scrabo Hill: 5.9 mi
- North Down Museum: 0.4 mi
- Somme Heritage Centre: 3.2 mi
- War Years Remembered: 4.5 mi
- Ards Arts Centre: 4.7 mi
- Ulster Folk Museum: 5.3 mi
- Balloo Wetland Nature Reserve: 1.6 mi
- Conlig Nature Reserve (proposed): 2.6 mi
- Kiltonga Nature Reserve: 4.9 mi
- RSPB Belfast Lough: 8.9 mi
- Castle Espie Wetland Centre: 8.9 mi
- Spa Well: 6.1 mi
- Volunteers' Well: 11.2 mi
- Sunday Well: 17.7 mi
- St. Anne's Well: 18.0 mi
- St. Mary's Well: 18.7 mi
- Skippingstone Beach: 0.9 mi
- Brompton Bay: 1.2 mi
- Seapark Beach: 6.6 mi
- Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach: 9.5 mi
- Browns bay walk: 14.0 mi
- Cuan Beach: 18.3 mi
- Strangford Holiday Park Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
- Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
- Kilclief Recreation/Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
- Seaforde Picnic Site: 24.5 mi
- Bellevue Area of Special Scientific Interest: 11.4 mi
- Cave Hill: 11.5 mi
- Limestone Quarry: 12.0 mi
- Ballygalley Head: 18.2 mi
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 11.2 mi
- Glenoe Waterfall: 11.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ward Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Divis | WSW 257° | 478 m | 14.7 mi |
| Agnew's Hill | NW 320° | 474 m | 17.0 mi |
| Slemish | NW 312° | 437.9 m | 23.2 mi |
| Douglas Top | NW 311° | 402 m | 21.1 mi |
| Black Mountain | WSW 255° | 389 m | 14.0 mi |
| Black Hill | NNW 330° | 381 m | 21.3 mi |
| Squires Hill | W 265° | 374 m | 12.9 mi |
| Scawt Hill | NNW 330° | 370 m | 20.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:26 | 17:48 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 04:46 | 21:03 | 22:04 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:37 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 08:44 | 14:46 | 15:58 |
Local time (Europe/London).
- European Green Crab37 obs
- European Herring Gull37 obs
- House Sparrow30 obs
- Small-spotted Catshark29 obs
- Common Hermit Crab29 obs
- Star Tunicate28 obs
- Black Guillemot26 obs
- Eurasian Oystercatcher26 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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