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Blackstairs Mountain

Blackstairs Mountain rises to 732 m. Mount Leinster stands 794 m to the north-northeast, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Slievebaun, a peak 1.2 miles away.

The story

Blackstairs Mountain (Irish: An Staighre Dubh) is the second-highest mountain in the Blackstairs Mountains of southern Leinster in the Republic of Ireland. The mountain stretches from Rathgeran to Gowlin at Cathaoirs Den. The mountain is an assembly site for the feast of Lughnasa, known here as mountain Sunday.

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Wikidata Q4923371, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
732.1 m

How to reach it

Coordinates52.54914, -6.80572

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs
Historic sites
Parks
  • Cois Bearbha: 9.4 mi
  • Soccer pitch (The Pavillion): 9.5 mi
  • Goresbridge Community Park: 9.8 mi
  • Bellefield Dog Park: 10.1 mi
  • The Green: 10.1 mi
Gardens: 33
Museums: 22
Beaches: 12
  • Ballinesker Beach: 21.5 mi
  • Arthurstown Beach: 22.1 mi
  • Tinnaberna Beach: 22.8 mi
  • Cullenstown Strand: 23.3 mi
  • Blackhall Strand: 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Kilbrannish Forrest Picnic Site: 7.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
  • Castle View: 13.5 mi
  • Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
  • Courtown Woods Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Waterfalls: 2
Cliffs: 1
  • Carricjmore Cliff: 24.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Blackstairs Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LeinsterNNE 13°794.4 m4.9 mi
Moats of CraanNNE 24°656.5 m5.4 mi
Black Rock MountainNE 35°599.6 m5.7 mi
KnockroeNNE 11°538.77 m3.0 mi
SlievebawnN 359°524.8 m6.2 mi
Brandon HillWSW 249°515 m7.6 mi
White MountainSSW 208°509 m3.3 mi
CarrigroeSSW 209°495 m2.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3117:5518:40
June solstice05:0520:5921:55
September equinox07:1318:4319:28
December solstice08:3715:1016:15

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/332372575

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