Knockboy
Knockboy rises to 706 m. An Caincín stands 693 m to the north-northeast, 1.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Knockboy North Top, a peak 0.3 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 1.4 miles off.
The story
Knockboy (Irish: An Cnoc Buí, meaning 'yellow mountain') is a 706-metre-high mountain on the border between counties Cork and Kerry in Ireland.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q1766132, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 706 m
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Wild Atlantic Way, National
- 8.4 mi off the Ring of Kerry
Overlooks nearby
- The Priests Leap · 1 mi
- Derrycreha Layby · 5 mi
- Ardnatrush View · 6 mi
- Lady Bantry's Lookout · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Snave Strand: 4.9 mi
- Coss Strand: 10.9 mi
- McRose Beach: 15.0 mi
- Ahakista Strand (Kitchen Cove): 16.3 mi
- Trá na hAidhleann: 19.2 mi
- Knockboy North Top: 0.3 mi
- An Caincín: 1.6 mi
- Coomhola Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Caoinkeen South-East Top: 1.8 mi
- The Priest's Leap: 1.9 mi
- The Priests Leap: 1.3 mi
- Famine Ruin: 3.5 mi
- Carriganass Castle: 4.3 mi
- Cromwell's Bridge: 5.9 mi
- Gun Battery: 6.9 mi
- The Druid Circle: 3.5 mi
- Bullaun Stone: 3.6 mi
- Standing Stone: 3.6 mi
- Crannog: 3.8 mi
- The Blue Pool: 5.8 mi
- Tobermurry: 4.6 mi
- Tobernawahnee: 5.8 mi
- Saint Bartholomew's Well: 6.1 mi
- Our Lady's Well: 8.2 mi
- Lady's Well: 9.4 mi
- The Druid: 5.1 mi
- Nest of Lace: 7.9 mi
- Captain O'Neill Statue: 9.0 mi
- Capall Mór: 14.3 mi
- The Golden Bough: 14.3 mi
- Caoinkeen: 1.7 mi
- Droppa: 11.0 mi
- Faill Dic: 22.4 mi
- Faill a' Tónacáin: 22.5 mi
- Faill Fraoigh: 22.7 mi
- Snave Pier Picnic Tables: 5.2 mi
- Reenagross Park: 7.6 mi
- Cumann na mBan Park: 8.1 mi
- Áth Leacaigh: 13.0 mi
- River Island Park: 13.7 mi
- The Ewe Experience: 5.6 mi
- Walled Garden: 6.3 mi
- Raised Beds: 14.4 mi
- Water Garden: 14.4 mi
- Derreen Gardens: 14.7 mi
- Bonane Heritage Park: 3.7 mi
- Coomhola Salmon Trust (Streamscapes): 3.8 mi
- Molly Gallivan's Cottage & Traditional Farm: 5.1 mi
- Kilgarvan Motor Museum: 5.9 mi
- Bryce House: 6.2 mi
- Glengarriff Nature Reserve: 6.2 mi
- Mucksna Nature Reserve: 7.7 mi
- Habitat of Derreenies: 14.7 mi
- Arboretum: 14.9 mi
- Port Ban Nature Reserve, Irish Wildlife Trust: 15.1 mi
- Dromanassig Waterfall: 4.9 mi
- Gleninchaquin Waterfall: 9.2 mi
- Torc Waterfall: 14.1 mi
- Mare's Tail Waterfall: 16.1 mi
- O'Sullivan's Cascade: 17.3 mi
- The Bridge: 20.7 mi
- Kilmurry Woods: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Knockboy. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Caincín | NNE 11° | 693 m | 1.6 mi |
| Knockboy North Top | NNW 339° | 649 m | 0.3 mi |
| Knocknamanagh NE Top | N 356° | 625 m | 3.2 mi |
| Carran | NE 38° | 604 m | 4.7 mi |
| Gullaba Hill | N 359° | 603 m | 3.8 mi |
| Knocknagorraveela | W 271° | 570 m | 8.2 mi |
| Carran South Top | NE 44° | 567 m | 4.4 mi |
| Conigar SW Top | E 80° | 566 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:42 | 18:06 | 18:50 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 21:06 | 22:01 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 18:54 | 19:39 |
| December solstice | 08:43 | 15:27 | 16:30 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/332372586
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