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Caherconree

Caherconree rises to 835 m. Stumpa Barr na hAbhann stands 852 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Gearhane, a peak 0.6 miles away. Ring of Kerry passes 7.0 miles off.

The story

Caherconree (Irish: Cathair Conraoi, meaning ''Cú Roí’s stone fort') at 835 metres (2,740 ft), is the 20th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 27th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Caherconree is the 2nd-highest mountain in the Slieve Mish Mountains in the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland, and one of its southerly spurs is the site of an ancient stone promontory fort, which is a protected National Monument.

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Wikidata Q691575, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
835 m

How to reach it

Coordinates52.20303, -9.85370

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs
  • Toberleheen: 2.3 mi
  • Toberataggart: 3.2 mi
  • Tobernagalt: 3.5 mi
  • Toberclegher: 3.8 mi
  • Tobernagalt: 3.9 mi
Historic sites
Attractions: 37
Artworks: 18
Parks: 17
  • Robert Emmett Park: 6.1 mi
  • Pat Healy Park: 7.4 mi
  • Kerins O'Rahilly Park: 7.5 mi
  • Town Park: 7.6 mi
  • Island Of Geese: 7.6 mi
Beaches: 12
Cliffs: 8
  • Maughanablagher Cliffs: 14.3 mi
  • 40: 17.2 mi
  • 10: 17.8 mi
  • Faill na Mú: 23.4 mi
  • An Slios: 23.7 mi
Gardens: 7
  • Garden of the Senses: 7.7 mi
  • Ballymullen Roundabout: 7.8 mi
  • Joe Keohane Roundabout: 8.3 mi
  • Tom Crean Memorial Garden: 9.3 mi
  • Kells Bay Gardens: 16.3 mi
Museums: 5
Nature reserves: 4
Waterfalls: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Virgin Rock: 23.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Caherconree. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stumpa Barr na hAbhannSSE 162°852.1 m13.9 mi
BaurtregaumENE 75°851 m1.1 mi
SkregmoreSSE 163°847.7 m13.7 mi
Binn os GaoithW 275°826 m9.5 mi
Baurtregaum NE TopENE 66°818.5 m1.5 mi
Stradbally MountainW 276°798 m9.1 mi
GearhaneN 357°792 m0.6 mi
Cnoc ÍochtairSSE 165°746.3 m13.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4318:0718:52
June solstice05:1921:1022:05
September equinox07:2618:5619:40
December solstice08:4715:2616:29

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/332372510

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