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Cruach Sceirde

Cruach Sceirde, seen from above at true elevation

Cruach Sceirde rises to 608 m. Cnoc Bréanainn stands 952 m to the northwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is An Cnapán Mór, a peak 0.9 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 1.4 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
608 m

How to reach it

Coordinates52.16730, -10.17879

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Springs: 55
  • Tobar na gCopóg: 1.2 mi
  • Tobar Núnáin: 2.0 mi
  • Tobar Mártain: 2.1 mi
  • Toberaroon: 2.9 mi
  • Tobernaglea: 3.1 mi
Cliffs: 42
  • Maughanablagher Cliffs: 1.2 mi
  • Faill na Mú: 10.0 mi
  • An Slios: 10.1 mi
  • Faill an Airse: 10.1 mi
  • Faill an tSrutháin: 10.2 mi
Attractions: 35
Beaches: 21
Artworks: 18
  • Fungie the Dolphin: 4.5 mi
  • Tom Crean: 5.3 mi
  • Paudi O'Shea Statue: 9.0 mi
  • Virgin Mary Statue: 12.7 mi
  • Slea Head: 12.8 mi
Parks: 13
  • Páirc Bhaile an Daingin: 4.3 mi
  • Jerome Connor Memorial Park: 5.3 mi
  • Robert Emmett Park: 19.7 mi
  • Pat Healy Park: 20.7 mi
  • Kerins O'Rahilly Park: 20.9 mi
Museums: 6
Gardens: 5
  • Tom Crean Memorial Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Kells Bay Gardens: 10.6 mi
  • Garden of the Senses: 21.3 mi
  • Ballymullen Roundabout: 21.5 mi
  • Joe Keohane Roundabout: 21.9 mi
Nature reserves: 3

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Cruach Sceirde. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cnoc BréanainnNW952 m5.7 mi
Cnoc Bréanainn (Mullach Thuaidh)NNW895 m6.2 mi
Cnoc Bréanainn (mullach i gcéin thuaidh)NNW840 m6.4 mi
Barr an GhéaráinNW840 m4.2 mi
Binn os GaoithNE826 m5.4 mi
Binn FhaicheNNW823 m5.6 mi
Na PóirtNNW809 m5.8 mi
An GéaránNW803 m4.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:0918:53
June solstice05:2021:1122:06
September equinox07:2718:5719:42
December solstice08:4815:2716:31

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/332372785

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