Garraun
Garraun rises to 598 m. Mweelrea stands 814 m to the north-northeast, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Garraun South Top, a peak 0.4 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
Garraun (Irish: Maolchnoc, meaning 'bald hill') at 598 metres (1,962 ft), is the 224th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, however, while it is just short of the elevation threshold of 600-metres for other classifications (e.g. Vandeleur-Lynam, and Hewitt), it does have the prominence to be a Marilyn. Garraun lies on an isolated massif near the mouth of Killary Harbour at the far north sector of the Twelve Bens/Garraun Complex Special Area of Conservation in the Connemara National Park in County Galway. The southern slopes are a scenic backdrop to Kylemore Abbey and Kylemore Lough.
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Wikidata Q26716245, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 598 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Wild Atlantic Way, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sky Road · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Garraun South Top: 0.4 mi
- Benchoona East Top: 0.4 mi
- Benchoona: 0.5 mi
- Altnagaighera: 0.7 mi
- Doughruagh: 1.4 mi
- Foher Village: 2.2 mi
- Gubbanuggool: 3.5 mi
- Doolough Tragedy 1849 Memorial: 6.3 mi
- Doo Lough Valley and Famine Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Renvyle Castle: 7.0 mi
- Tobar an Mhaoilinn: 2.2 mi
- Toberdavin: 6.2 mi
- Well of the Seven Daughters: 7.1 mi
- Tobernashaghtninneen: 8.7 mi
- Holy well derrada west: 9.8 mi
- Lettergesh Beach: 2.3 mi
- Glassilaun Beach: 2.3 mi
- Uggool Beach: 3.8 mi
- Renvyle Beach: 5.2 mi
- Brnabaun Beach: 7.7 mi
- Connemara National Park Visitor Centre: 4.1 mi
- The Sheep And Wool Heritage Centre: 7.0 mi
- Waterfall: 7.2 mi
- Ring fort: 7.6 mi
- Crannog: 7.6 mi
- The Whitehorn Gallery: 9.2 mi
- The Rifle - Sebastián: 9.4 mi
- Alcock and Brown: 9.4 mi
- Alcock and Brown: 9.4 mi
- Connemara Giant: 9.6 mi
- Kylemore Abbey: 1.9 mi
- Connemara Heritage and History Centre: 7.5 mi
- Station House Museum: 9.2 mi
- Clew Bay Heritage Centre: 19.6 mi
- Glengowla Mines Museum: 23.1 mi
- Kylemore Victorian Walled Garden: 2.4 mi
- Roundstone play park: 13.3 mi
- Ballyconneely Community Park: 13.8 mi
- Clew Bay Park: 19.6 mi
- Princess Grace Park: 24.3 mi
- Walled Garden: 8.6 mi
- Wild Willow Garden: 12.7 mi
- Walled garden: 23.8 mi
- Aasleagh Waterfall: 8.2 mi
- Screebe Waterfall: 17.4 mi
- Dun Mor Cliffs: 16.4 mi
- Aill na Graí: 24.4 mi
- Old Head Woods: 13.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Garraun. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mweelrea | NNE 20° | 814 m | 3.9 mi |
| Ben Lugmore | NNE 34° | 803 m | 4.8 mi |
| Ben Bury | NNE 25° | 795 m | 5.0 mi |
| Ben Lugmore West Top | NNE 29° | 790 m | 4.8 mi |
| Ben Lugmore East Top | NE 37° | 790 m | 4.9 mi |
| An Bhinn Bhán | SSE 164° | 729 m | 4.6 mi |
| Binn Chorr | SSE 152° | 711 m | 6.1 mi |
| Ben Gorm | ENE 65° | 700 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:06 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 21:15 | 22:14 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 18:55 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 08:55 | 15:13 | 16:22 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/332372771
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