Devil's Bit Mountain

Devil's Bit Mountain rises to 480 m. Keeper Hill stands 692 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Marian Year statue, a artwork 0.4 miles away.
The story
The Devil's Bit or Devil's Bit Mountain (Irish: Bearnán Éile, meaning 'little gapped hill of Éile', historically anglicized as 'Barnane Ely') is a large hill in County Tipperary, Ireland, which rises to 480 metres (1,570 ft). It lies north-west of the town of Templemore. The mountain is usually climbed through the townland of Barnane. There is a car park at the base.
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Wikidata Q2429577, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 480 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Kilduff Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Curraghbristy: 1.6 mi
- Borrisnoe Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Gortagarry: 1.8 mi
- Benduff: 2.9 mi
- Saint James's Well: 1.9 mi
- Toberlahan: 3.8 mi
- Toby's Well: 4.0 mi
- Holly Well: 4.7 mi
- Toberoran: 4.9 mi
- Aghnameadle Castle: 3.2 mi
- Knocka Castle: 3.5 mi
- Cloghanerma Castle: 3.9 mi
- Blean Castle: 4.5 mi
- Ballynamoe Castle: 4.5 mi
- Thomas MacDonagh Memorial Garden: 9.8 mi
- The Walled Garden: 10.2 mi
- Ecovillage Woodland: 10.2 mi
- Glebe Field: 10.4 mi
- Thurles Town Park: 10.9 mi
- Roscrea Petty Sessions House: 10.4 mi
- Roscrea Round Tower: 10.5 mi
- Black Castle: 10.7 mi
- Pheasant Island: 10.7 mi
- Holycross Abbey: 12.7 mi
- Father Flynn's garden: 3.6 mi
- RED Gardens: 10.0 mi
- Garden of Remembrance: 10.7 mi
- Nenagh Castle Gardens: 12.2 mi
- Kilcommon Prayer Garden: 13.2 mi
- Thomas MacDonagh Heritage Centre: 9.9 mi
- Famine & War Museum: 10.7 mi
- St. Mary's Famine and War Museum: 10.8 mi
- Lár na Páirce: 10.8 mi
- Cormackstown Heritage Centre: 11.1 mi
- Marian Year statue: 0.4 mi
- Mr Tayto: 4.5 mi
- Barack and Michelle Obama sculpture: 4.6 mi
- Cairn: 9.7 mi
- The Observation of Stars: 12.3 mi
- Knockanacree Woods Main Entrance and Picnic Site: 10.6 mi
- Lacca: 20.6 mi
- Blessed Well: 17.1 mi
- The Pollagh Trail: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Devil's Bit Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keeper Hill | WSW 252° | 691.6 m | 15.3 mi |
| Mauherslieve | SW 236° | 543 m | 13.8 mi |
| Silvermine Mountains W Top | W 259° | 489 m | 15.0 mi |
| Silvermine Mountains E Top | WSW 258° | 479 m | 14.3 mi |
| Cooneen Hill | WSW 248° | 467 m | 10.4 mi |
| Gortagarry | WSW 245° | 458 m | 1.8 mi |
| Tooreen | SW 219° | 457 m | 14.6 mi |
| Benduff | N 351° | 455 m | 2.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:36 | 17:59 | 18:44 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 21:04 | 22:01 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:47 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:43 | 15:13 | 16:18 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/332373020
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