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Duff Hill

Duff Hill rises to 721 m. Mullaghcleevaun stands 847 m to the west-southwest, 1.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Lavarney Spout, a spring 0.4 miles away.

The story

Duff Hill (Irish: An Cnoc Dubh, meaning 'black hill') at 720 metres (2,360 ft), is the 78th-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 97th-highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Duff Hill is in the middle section of the Wicklow Mountains, in County Wicklow, and is part of the large massif of Mullaghcleevaun 849 metres (2,785 ft), which lies to its south. Gravale, which is 718 metres (2,356 ft) tall, lies to its immediate north.

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Wikidata Q3040960, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
720.78 m

How to reach it

Coordinates53.11397, -6.36724

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Lavarney Spout: 0.4 mi
  • Source of River Liffey: 4.3 mi
  • Troman Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Source of Dargle River: 4.7 mi
  • St. Kevin's Well: 7.4 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Oasis Mountain Lodge: 2.1 mi
  • Coronation Plantation Monument: 2.9 mi
  • Hampden Bomber Crash 18 April 1941: 3.8 mi
  • J.B. Malone Memorial: 4.6 mi
  • Scotch Village: 4.7 mi
Artworks
  • Eve: 6.4 mi
  • The Wisdom Seat: 6.5 mi
  • Reading Ganesh: 6.5 mi
  • Philosophic Dung Beetle: 6.5 mi
  • Separation: 6.5 mi
Attractions
  • Victor's Way: 6.5 mi
  • Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation: 6.6 mi
  • Glencree German War Cemetery: 6.8 mi
  • Hollywood Horse and Pony Trekking: 7.2 mi
  • Glendalough Round Tower: 7.3 mi
Parks
  • Avon Arena: 7.7 mi
  • Peter Finnegan Park: 7.9 mi
  • Slade Valley MTB: 10.4 mi
  • Ballycragh Park: 11.1 mi
  • Sean Walsh Park: 11.1 mi
Gardens
  • Russborough Walled Garden: 8.4 mi
  • June Blake's Garden: 8.5 mi
  • Walled Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Hunting Brook: 8.9 mi
  • Italian Garden: 9.0 mi
Beaches: 29
  • Coon Beach: 3.9 mi
  • North Beach: 12.6 mi
  • Bray Beach: 12.8 mi
  • The Cove: 12.9 mi
  • Naylor's Cove: 12.9 mi
Nature reserves: 23
Cliffs: 21
  • Glendalough Crags: 7.3 mi
  • Glanmalure North Crag: 8.9 mi
  • Baravore Valley Lower: 9.0 mi
  • Abseil: 9.4 mi
  • Abseil: 9.4 mi
Waterfalls: 11
Picnic sites: 4
  • Poplar Square: 14.2 mi
  • Hawk Cliff: 15.5 mi
  • Toni's: 15.8 mi
  • Newbridge Town Park: 18.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Duff Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MullaghcleevaunWSW 246°846.681 m1.8 mi
TonelageeS 189°815.8 m4.2 mi
Mullaghcleevaun East TopSW 215°795.91 m1.2 mi
KippureNNE 18°757 m4.7 mi
ConavallaSSW 207°734 m7.7 mi
DjouceENE 77°725.5 m5.4 mi
SeefinganN 357°722.9 m5.4 mi
GravaleNE 45°719.004 m1.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2917:5318:38
June solstice04:5920:5921:57
September equinox07:1218:4119:27
December solstice08:3815:0416:10

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/332372579

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