Caher West Top
Caher West Top rises to 973 m. Carrauntoohil stands 1,039 m to the east-northeast, 0.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Caher, a peak 0.2 miles away. Ring of Kerry passes 5.9 miles off.
The story
Caher West Top (Irish: Cathair na Féinne, meaning 'stone fort of the Fianna') at 973.4 metres (3,193 ft 7 in), is the fifth-highest peak in Ireland on the Irish Vandeleur-Lynam classification, and part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks range. Caher West Top is the only Furth to have a prominence below 30 metres (98 ft).
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Wikidata Q5017397, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 973.4 m
How to reach it
- 5.9 mi off the Ring of Kerry
- 6.3 mi off the Wild Atlantic Way, National
Overlooks nearby
- Moll's Gap · 6 mi
- Ladie's View · 7 mi
- Ladies View · 7 mi
- Waterfall view · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Caher: 0.2 mi
- Curraghmore: 0.5 mi
- The Bones: 0.8 mi
- Carrauntoohil: 0.9 mi
- Beenkeragh: 1.1 mi
- Lord Brandon's Cottage: 6.0 mi
- Ballymalis Castle: 6.9 mi
- Dunloe Castle: 7.4 mi
- ruined castle: 7.6 mi
- King Puck statue: 7.7 mi
- Crash site of USAAF Dakota: 2.9 mi
- Very small Bridge: 5.2 mi
- Kissane Sheep Farm: 6.4 mi
- Dunloe Ogham Stones: 7.1 mi
- Kerry Bog Village: 7.4 mi
- Tobermurry: 9.2 mi
- Our Lady's Well: 10.9 mi
- St Margaret's Well: 11.5 mi
- Tobereendoney: 12.7 mi
- Toberbullaun: 13.1 mi
- Hanifin Memorial Sculpture: 10.6 mi
- Oak Spirit: 11.2 mi
- Nest of Lace: 11.2 mi
- Johnny O'Leary: 11.7 mi
- Red Deer of Ireland: 11.9 mi
- Coss Strand: 9.7 mi
- Rossbeigh Beach: 10.3 mi
- McRose Beach: 10.4 mi
- Kells Beach: 14.7 mi
- Bunaneer Strand: 15.6 mi
- Cumann na mBan Park: 10.9 mi
- Stone garden: 11.2 mi
- Reenagross Park: 11.4 mi
- Maurice O'Donoghue Memorial Park: 11.5 mi
- Killarney House: 11.6 mi
- Walled Garden: 11.2 mi
- Fern Garden: 11.4 mi
- Sally Garden: 12.5 mi
- Garden of the Senses: 12.5 mi
- Kells Bay Gardens: 14.5 mi
- Droppa: 16.2 mi
- 2: 16.5 mi
- 2: 16.5 mi
- 2: 16.7 mi
- Caoinkeen: 18.3 mi
- Lough Nambrackdarrig Nature Reserve: 8.3 mi
- Arboretum: 11.1 mi
- Mucksna Nature Reserve: 11.4 mi
- Habitat of Derreenies: 15.6 mi
- Tralee Bay Wetlands Eco and Activity Park: 18.6 mi
- Bonane Heritage Park: 15.5 mi
- Kilgarvan Motor Museum: 15.8 mi
- Molly Gallivan's Cottage & Traditional Farm: 15.9 mi
- Kerry County Museum: 18.9 mi
- Bryce House: 20.1 mi
- O'Sullivan's Cascade: 8.2 mi
- Torc Waterfall: 11.0 mi
- Dromanassig Waterfall: 14.1 mi
- Gleninchaquin Waterfall: 14.3 mi
- Mare's Tail Waterfall: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Caher West Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrauntoohil | ENE 71° | 1,038.6 m | 0.9 mi |
| Beenkeragh | NE 41° | 1,008.2 m | 1.1 mi |
| Caher | ESE 103° | 1,000 m | 0.2 mi |
| Cnoc na Péiste | E 86° | 985.1 m | 2.9 mi |
| Maolán Buí | E 91° | 968.9 m | 2.6 mi |
| The Bones | NE 56° | 956.5 m | 0.8 mi |
| Cnoc an Chuillinn | E 99° | 954.6 m | 2.1 mi |
| The Big Gun | E 83° | 939.9 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:07 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 21:08 | 22:04 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 18:56 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 08:46 | 15:27 | 16:30 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/332372482
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