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Hungry Hill

Hungry Hill rises to 682 m. Knockowen stands 658 m to the northeast, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Mare's Tail Waterfall, a waterfall 0.9 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 1.3 miles off.

The story

Hungry Hill or Knockday (Irish: Cnoc Daod) is the highest of the Caha Mountains on the Beara Peninsula in Munster, Ireland.

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Wikidata Q430381, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
682 m

How to reach it

Coordinates51.68697, -9.79245

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Derryclancy: 1.1 mi
  • Knocknagree SE Top: 1.4 mi
  • Knocknagree East Top: 1.5 mi
  • Esknamaggy: 1.5 mi
  • Coombane: 1.9 mi
Historic sites: 52
  • Lonehort Battery: 3.1 mi
  • Kilcaskan Chrush: 3.8 mi
  • Battery No. 3: 4.5 mi
  • Twilight Haul: 5.5 mi
  • Bell: 5.6 mi
Beaches: 40
  • Trawnablaha: 2.8 mi
  • Traneen: 7.1 mi
  • Pallas Strand: 7.7 mi
  • Trabane: 8.5 mi
  • Ahakista Strand (Kitchen Cove): 9.0 mi
Attractions: 36
Artworks: 20
Cliffs: 15
Springs: 12
Parks: 9
  • The Wild Garden: 11.3 mi
  • South Square Park: 11.4 mi
  • North Square Park: 11.5 mi
  • Snave Pier Picnic Tables: 14.9 mi
  • Cumann na mBan Park: 16.0 mi
Gardens: 8
Museums: 8
Nature reserves: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Mare's Tail Waterfall: 0.9 mi
  • Gleninchaquin Waterfall: 9.7 mi
  • Dromanassig Waterfall: 16.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • The Bridge: 19.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Hungry Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KnockowenNE658 m4.6 mi
MaulinW621 m3.0 mi
LackabaneNNW603 m2.5 mi
EskatarriffNW601 m2.7 mi
CoomacloghaneNNW599 m3.6 mi
CushnaficullaNE594 m5.4 mi
Tooth MountainNNW592 m3.7 mi
KnocknagreeWNW586 m2.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4318:0818:52
June solstice05:2121:0722:02
September equinox07:2618:5619:40
December solstice08:4415:3016:32

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/332372626

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