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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

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 Bridget's Well: 6.4 mi
Parks: 37
  • 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: 32
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: 14
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
Gardens: 8
  • Walled Garden: 9.3 mi
  • Pleasure Grounds: 12.4 mi
  • Bush Hotel Garden: 13.8 mi
  • Daisy Hill Gardens: 14.2 mi
  • Belturbet Community Allotments: 19.9 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Carrignahasta: 3.6 mi
  • Playgroud: 4.1 mi
  • Pollnagapple Natural Arch: 10.0 mi
  • Monastir: 10.1 mi
  • Hanging Rock: 11.5 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: 4
  • 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 9.1 miles of Bencroy. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
CuilcaghNE666 m7.3 mi
Sliabh an IarainnSW585 m2.6 mi
KnockacullionSW562 m1.2 mi
The PlaybankN542 m4.3 mi
BenbegNE539 m6.1 mi
BenbrackENE502 m3.8 mi
Benbrack NE TopENE496 m5.0 mi
GowlanENE492 m4.2 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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