Church Mountain
Church Mountain rises to 544 m. Lugnaquilla stands 925 m to the southeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Toor Lodge, a historic site 0.7 miles away.
The story
Church Mountain, also called Slieve Gad (Irish: Sliabh gCod / Sliabh an Chodaigh, meaning 'mountain of the covenant'), is the westernmost of the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland. It is 544 metres (1,785 ft) high. At the summit are the remains of a large ancient cairn of pagan origin. This cairn was partially destroyed and a small building, apparently a church, was built on it in the Middle Ages. Pilgrims formerly climbed the mountain during the festival of Lughnasa to visit a holy well on the summit. The well known Irish antiquarian George Petrie mentioned Church Mountain when he attended a pilgrimage there on Lammas Day in 1808. The mountain lies roughly halfway between Hollywood to the north and Donard to the south.
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Wikidata Q2967669, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 544 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Knocknaboley: 1.2 mi
- Corriebracks: 1.3 mi
- Slievecorragh: 1.8 mi
- Pinnacle: 1.9 mi
- Round Hill: 2.8 mi
- Fair Green: 4.7 mi
- Avon Arena: 7.7 mi
- Peter Finnegan Park: 8.2 mi
- Riverside walk: 8.3 mi
- Valley Park: 8.4 mi
- Cupid: 6.2 mi
- Homeward: 8.3 mi
- Spear: 8.4 mi
- Cow Art: 8.4 mi
- Fish Art: 8.4 mi
- Hollywood Sign: 2.4 mi
- Hollywood Horse and Pony Trekking: 3.1 mi
- National Bird of Prey Centre: 6.0 mi
- Artisans Workshops: 6.1 mi
- Kilcullen Round Tower: 8.2 mi
- Toor Lodge: 0.7 mi
- Saint Kevin's Cave: 2.5 mi
- Marlfields House: 3.7 mi
- Old Church: 4.2 mi
- Leitrim Barracks: 4.6 mi
- Dwyer McAllister Cottage: 6.4 mi
- Glendalough Visitor Centre: 11.3 mi
- Newbridge Silverware: 12.1 mi
- Horse Museum: 14.6 mi
- Greenan Farm Museum & Maze: 15.1 mi
- Russborough Walled Garden: 6.1 mi
- Camphill: 8.5 mi
- June Blake's Garden: 11.8 mi
- Hunting Brook: 12.2 mi
- Duckett's Grove Walled Gardens: 16.5 mi
- St. John's Well: 4.3 mi
- Well: 4.6 mi
- Saint Nicholas's Well: 4.7 mi
- Troman Spring: 5.6 mi
- St Bridget's Well: 7.7 mi
- Native Woodland Trust: Blessington Reserve: 5.6 mi
- Native Woodland Trust: Paddock Hill Reserve: 12.6 mi
- Pollardstown Fen Nature Reserve: 14.4 mi
- Vale of Clara Nature Reserve: 16.0 mi
- Carrigower Bog: 17.3 mi
- North Prison: 7.6 mi
- Abseil: 7.6 mi
- Great Gully Ridge: 7.6 mi
- Baravore Valley Lower: 7.7 mi
- South Prison: 8.0 mi
- Coon Beach: 12.2 mi
- North Beach: 22.5 mi
- The Cove: 22.7 mi
- Greystones South Beach: 22.7 mi
- Bray Beach: 22.7 mi
- Poulaphuca Waterfall: 4.5 mi
- Ballinafunshoge Waterfall: 9.7 mi
- Carrawaystick Waterfall: 10.3 mi
- Glenmacnass Waterfall: 10.4 mi
- Poulanass Waterfall: 10.6 mi
- Poplar Square: 11.9 mi
- Newbridge Town Park: 12.3 mi
- Moore Abbey Wood: 19.9 mi
- Toni's: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Church Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lugnaquilla | SE 140° | 925 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mullaghcleevaun | ENE 65° | 847 m | 8.2 mi |
| Tonelagee | E 90° | 816 m | 8.4 mi |
| Cloghernagh | SE 132° | 800 m | 8.9 mi |
| Mullaghcleevaun East Top | ENE 69° | 796 m | 9.0 mi |
| Corrigasleggaun | SE 137° | 795 m | 8.8 mi |
| Slievemaan | SSE 148° | 760 m | 7.8 mi |
| Camenabologue | SE 127° | 758 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:30 | 17:53 | 18:39 |
| June solstice | 05:01 | 21:00 | 21:57 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:42 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 08:39 | 15:05 | 16:12 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/332372903
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