Benbrack
Benbrack rises to 582 m. Mweelrea stands 814 m to the north, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Benbaun, a peak 0.6 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way runs past it.
The story
Benbrack (Irish: Binn Bhreac, meaning 'Speckled Peak') at 582 metres (1,909 ft), is the 251st–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale; while it does not have the elevation to be a Vandeleur-Lynam, it has the prominence to rank as a Marilyn. Benbrack is situated on its own small massif to the north of the core Twelve Bens mountain range in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, Ireland. It is the 10th-tallest of the core Twelve Bens, and is linked by a deep col to Muckanaght, which is itself attached by a high ridge to the tallest mountain of the Twelve Bens range, Benbaun at 729 metres (2,392 ft).
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Wikidata Q26716390, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 582 m
How to reach it
- On the Wild Atlantic Way, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sky Road · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Benbaun: 0.6 mi
- Loughermore: 0.8 mi
- Mucanacht: 1.1 mi
- Cnoc Breac: 1.1 mi
- Binn Fraoigh: 1.1 mi
- Foher Village: 5.1 mi
- Gubbanuggool: 6.8 mi
- Thomas Whelan Monument: 7.5 mi
- Abbeyglen Castle Hotel: 7.7 mi
- Monument Hill: 7.8 mi
- Lettergesh Beach: 5.0 mi
- Glassilaun Beach: 5.4 mi
- Renvyle Beach: 6.9 mi
- Uggool Beach: 7.0 mi
- Mannin Bay Coral Strand: 10.6 mi
- Tobar an Mhaoilinn: 1.3 mi
- Toberdavin: 5.3 mi
- Holy well derrada west: 6.6 mi
- Toberconnell: 8.4 mi
- Well of the Seven Daughters: 8.4 mi
- Connemara National Park Visitor Centre: 3.5 mi
- Ring fort: 4.6 mi
- Crannog: 4.6 mi
- Waterfall: 7.8 mi
- The Sheep And Wool Heritage Centre: 8.0 mi
- Connemara Giant: 7.1 mi
- The Whitehorn Gallery: 7.3 mi
- The Rifle - Sebastián: 7.4 mi
- Alcock and Brown: 7.4 mi
- Alcock and Brown: 7.4 mi
- Kylemore Abbey: 2.0 mi
- Connemara Heritage and History Centre: 4.5 mi
- Station House Museum: 7.2 mi
- Ionad Oidhreachta Leitir Mealláin: 21.1 mi
- Glengowla Mines Museum: 21.7 mi
- Kylemore Victorian Walled Garden: 2.7 mi
- Roundstone play park: 10.1 mi
- Ballyconneely Community Park: 11.4 mi
- Clew Bay Park: 22.2 mi
- Walled Garden: 5.4 mi
- Wild Willow Garden: 15.7 mi
- Walled garden: 23.6 mi
- Aasleagh Waterfall: 9.7 mi
- Screebe Waterfall: 15.4 mi
- Dun Mor Cliffs: 17.1 mi
- Aill na Graí: 21.7 mi
- Old Head Woods: 16.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Benbrack. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mweelrea | N 11° | 814 m | 7.0 mi |
| Ben Lugmore | NNE 20° | 803 m | 7.7 mi |
| Ben Lugmore East Top | NNE 22° | 790 m | 7.7 mi |
| Ben Lugmore West Top | NNE 17° | 790 m | 7.8 mi |
| An Bhinn Bhán | SE 132° | 729 m | 1.7 mi |
| Binn Chorr | SE 127° | 711 m | 3.6 mi |
| Binn idir an dá Log | ESE 102° | 701.977 m | 7.8 mi |
| An Bhinn Dubh | SE 130° | 696 m | 2.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:06 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 21:15 | 22:13 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 18:55 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 08:54 | 15:14 | 16:22 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/332372801
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