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Bencroy

Bencroy, seen from above at true elevation

Bencroy rises to 518 m. Cuilcagh stands 666 m to the northeast, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is The Ultachs, a historic site 0.5 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 24 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
518 m

How to reach it

Coordinates54.12089, -7.93133

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • The Ultachs: 0.5 mi
  • Site of Dernasmallan church: 4.6 mi
  • Republican Garden of Remembrance: 5.8 mi
  • Saint Patricks Church: 5.9 mi
  • Forde's Castle: 5.9 mi
Peaks
  • Knockacullion: 1.2 mi
  • Benbrack W Top: 2.3 mi
  • Cloghnacommerky: 2.5 mi
  • Sliabh an Iarainn: 2.6 mi
  • Bartonny Top: 3.2 mi
Springs
  • Saint Patrick's Well: 4.8 mi
  • Iron Spa Well: 5.2 mi
  • Sulphur Spa Well: 5.4 mi
  • Spa Well: 5.9 mi
  • Saint Patrick's Well: 5.9 mi
Parks: 38
  • Ultachs Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Aggie's Fairy Trail Park: 5.8 mi
  • Fairgreen: 10.4 mi
  • Corlona Bog: 10.8 mi
  • Oakport Green: 13.2 mi
Attractions: 34
Artworks: 27
  • Danu: 6.8 mi
  • Triskele Mizmaze: 11.8 mi
  • Point of Contact: 12.9 mi
  • Tonra Memorial: 13.2 mi
  • Street Art Tree: 13.4 mi
Museums: 15
Gardens: 10
  • Walled Garden: 9.3 mi
  • Walled Garden: 10.9 mi
  • Pleasure Grounds: 12.4 mi
  • Community garden: 13.2 mi
  • Bush Hotel Garden: 13.8 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • Carrignahasta: 3.6 mi
  • Carrignahasta: 3.6 mi
  • The Playground: 4.1 mi
  • Playgroud: 4.1 mi
  • Pollnagapple Natural Arch: 10.0 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Tullydermot Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Scardan Waterfall: 7.7 mi
  • Cascades Waterfall: 11.0 mi
  • Roogagh Waterfall: 21.4 mi
  • Blackslee waterfall: 23.2 mi
Nature reserves: 7
  • Moneensauran Cuilcagh Anierin Uplands Special Area of Conservation: 3.8 mi
  • Moneen Boleybrack Mountain Special Area of Conservation: 7.5 mi
  • Gubnafarna Cuilcagh Anierin Uplands Special Area of Conservation: 9.2 mi
  • Hanging Rock and Rossaa Forest National Nature Reserve: 11.5 mi
  • Wildlife Area: 14.1 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Glenaniff Waterfall: 19.7 mi
  • Glenaniff Waterfall: 19.7 mi
  • Fowley's Falls: 19.8 mi
  • Kilglas: 22.0 mi
  • Hazelwood: 22.1 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Rynn Beach: 16.2 mi
  • Annagh Lough Beach: 22.1 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Marble Arch: 10.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Bencroy. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
CuilcaghNE 41°666 m7.3 mi
CuilcaghNE 41°666 m7.3 mi
Sliabh an IarainnSW 220°585 m2.6 mi
KnockacullionSW 229°562 m1.2 mi
The PlaybankN 350°542 m4.3 mi
BenbegNE 50°539 m6.1 mi
BenbrackENE 66°502 m3.8 mi
Benbrack NE TopENE 56°496 m5.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3617:5818:45
June solstice04:5921:1022:09
September equinox07:1818:4619:33
December solstice08:5015:0016:11

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/332372915

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