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Kilclooney Mountain

Kilclooney Mountain rises to 792 m. Carrignagower stands 767 m to the north-northwest, 1.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Knockaunapeebra, a peak 0.6 miles away.

The story

Fauscoum (Irish: Fáschom), also known as Kilclooney Mountain, is a mountain in County Waterford, Ireland. With a height of 792 m (2,598 ft), it is the highest mountain of the Comeragh Mountain Range and the second highest mountain in County Waterford after Knockmealdown.

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Wikidata Q3740288, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
792 m

How to reach it

Coordinates52.24588, -7.53683

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Knockaunapeebra: 0.6 mi
  • Stookanmeen: 0.8 mi
  • Curraghduff: 0.9 mi
  • Stookangarriff: 1.0 mi
  • Lackaduff: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Palliser Mill: 2.8 mi
  • Standing Stone: 3.9 mi
  • Feddans Castle: 4.5 mi
  • Clonea Power Castle: 4.5 mi
  • Standing Stone: 5.5 mi
Springs
  • Toberquan: 7.5 mi
  • Tobar an chláirín: 8.6 mi
  • Tobergobnet: 9.7 mi
  • Grange Well: 9.9 mi
  • Tobernanangle: 10.3 mi
Attractions: 45
Parks: 43
  • Kilmacthomas Park: 5.4 mi
  • Castle Park: 8.8 mi
  • The Green: 8.9 mi
  • Richard Mulcahy Town Park: 9.7 mi
  • Denis Burke Park: 9.9 mi
Artworks: 37
  • Golden Harvest: 6.1 mi
  • Two Men in A Boat: 8.2 mi
  • Saint Brigid: 10.0 mi
  • MoDomnoc: 11.1 mi
  • Gallán na mBád: 11.3 mi
Beaches: 23
  • Stradbally Cove: 9.1 mi
  • Ballydowane Cove: 9.7 mi
  • Tra na mBo: 10.3 mi
  • Bunmahon Strand: 10.4 mi
  • Stage Cove: 10.8 mi
Gardens: 15
Museums: 14
Nature reserves: 5
Waterfalls: 3
Cliffs: 2
  • Mahon Valley: 1.0 mi
  • Mahon Valley: 2.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Mocollop Picnic Site: 24.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Kilclooney Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
CarrignagowerNNW 337°767 m1.3 mi
KnockanaffrinNNW 327°755 m3.5 mi
CurraghduffWNW 301°750.1 m0.9 mi
CoumfeaWSW 250°741.9 m1.4 mi
Coumfea North TopW 275°728.3 m1.3 mi
SeefinSW 230°725.592 m3.5 mi
KnockaunapeebraSSW 208°724.4 m0.6 mi
SlievenamonN 355°720.2 m12.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3417:5818:43
June solstice05:0921:0021:56
September equinox07:1618:4619:31
December solstice08:3815:1616:20

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/332372532

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