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Keeper Hill

Keeper Hill rises to 692 m. Mauherslieve stands 543 m to the southeast, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Boolatin Top, a peak 1.3 miles away.

The story

Keeper Hill or Slievekimalta (from Irish Sliabh Coimeálta, meaning 'mountain of guarding') is a mountain with a height of 694 metres (2,277 ft) in the Silvermine Mountains of County Tipperary, Ireland. Traditionally, it was deemed to be part of the Slieve Felim Mountains.

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Wikidata Q3778335, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
691.6 m

How to reach it

Coordinates52.75148, -8.26148

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Springs
  • O'Meara's Well: 4.8 mi
  • Tobergal: 5.6 mi
  • Cork Well: 6.0 mi
  • Saint Patrick's Well: 6.3 mi
  • Castle Well: 7.2 mi
Attractions: 37
Parks: 36
  • Newport Town Park: 6.8 mi
  • Ballygraigue: 7.7 mi
  • Nenagh Community Allotments: 8.4 mi
  • Nenagh Town Park: 8.4 mi
  • Nenagh Old Park: 8.5 mi
Gardens: 15
  • Cuan Mhuire: 2.9 mi
  • Kilcommon Prayer Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Walled Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Lady Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Nenagh Castle Gardens: 8.3 mi
Museums: 12
  • Nenagh Heritage Centre: 8.3 mi
  • Thomas MacDonagh Heritage Centre: 16.1 mi
  • King John's Visitor's Centre: 16.2 mi
  • Hunt Museum: 16.3 mi
  • Limerick Museum: 16.5 mi
Nature reserves: 3
  • The Pollagh Trail: 7.9 mi
  • Blessed Well: 9.8 mi
  • Coonagh Nature: 19.3 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Yurty's Couch: 13.7 mi
  • White Sands: 24.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Keeper Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MauherslieveSE 134°543 m4.3 mi
MoylussaWNW 298°531.6 m12.3 mi
Silvermine Mountains W TopN 354°489 m1.9 mi
Silvermine Mountains E TopNNE 17°479 m1.8 mi
Cooneen HillE 80°467 m5.0 mi
CullaunS 180°460 m5.8 mi
TountinnaNW 320°457 m8.5 mi
TooreenSE 141°457 m8.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0018:46
June solstice05:0921:0522:02
September equinox07:1918:4919:34
December solstice08:4415:1516:20

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/332372605

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