Leenaun Hill
Leenaun Hill rises to 618 m. Ben Lugmore stands 803 m to the northwest, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Meall Cheo, a peak 1.0 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 2.0 miles off.
The story
Leenaun Hill (Irish: An Meall Dubh, meaning 'black knoll') at 618 metres (2,028 ft), is the 201st–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 243rd–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Leenaun Hill lies on a massif that overlooks Leenaun village and Killary Harbour, and which is at the far northeastern sector of the Maumturks mountain range in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, Ireland; this massif is connected to the main range via the "Col of Despondency". Leenaun Hill is the 6th-highest mountain in the Maumturks, and its grassy massif, constructed from sandstone and siltstone, contrasts with the rocky ridges and summits constructed from quartzites, grits, and graphitic, of the middle and southern sectors of the range.
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Wikidata Q66372667, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 618 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Wild Atlantic Way, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sky Road · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Meall Cheo: 1.0 mi
- Leenaun Hill Far North-West Top: 1.0 mi
- Búcán: 1.6 mi
- Binn Bhán: 2.0 mi
- Taobh Dubh: 2.3 mi
- Foher Village: 5.8 mi
- Doolough Tragedy 1849 Memorial: 6.1 mi
- Doo Lough Valley and Famine Memorial: 7.3 mi
- Gubbanuggool: 8.2 mi
- Plough near Maum: 8.3 mi
- Tobernashaghtninneen: 2.0 mi
- Tobar an Mhaoilinn: 7.4 mi
- Tober Murry: 9.9 mi
- Holy well derrada west: 10.6 mi
- Toberconnell: 11.0 mi
- Glassilaun Beach: 8.1 mi
- Uggool Beach: 8.6 mi
- Lettergesh Beach: 8.7 mi
- Renvyle Beach: 11.9 mi
- Brnabaun Beach: 12.2 mi
- The Sheep And Wool Heritage Centre: 1.7 mi
- Joyce Country Sheepdogs: 5.3 mi
- Connemara National Park Visitor Centre: 10.2 mi
- Ring fort: 10.8 mi
- Crannog: 10.9 mi
- Connemara Giant: 7.5 mi
- The Whitehorn Gallery: 14.3 mi
- St. Patrick: 14.3 mi
- The Rifle - Sebastián: 14.5 mi
- Alcock and Brown: 14.5 mi
- Kylemore Abbey: 7.8 mi
- Connemara Heritage and History Centre: 10.8 mi
- Station House Museum: 14.3 mi
- Clew Bay Heritage Centre: 16.9 mi
- Quiet Man Museum: 17.0 mi
- Kylemore Victorian Walled Garden: 8.6 mi
- Roundstone play park: 15.2 mi
- Clew Bay Park: 16.9 mi
- Ballyconneely Community Park: 18.2 mi
- Canon Kileen Park: 22.4 mi
- Walled Garden: 10.3 mi
- Wild Willow Garden: 12.5 mi
- An Garraí Glas: 24.8 mi
- Aasleagh Waterfall: 3.5 mi
- Screebe Waterfall: 12.3 mi
- Aill na Graí: 20.7 mi
- Dun Mor Cliffs: 23.1 mi
- Old Head Woods: 14.5 mi
- Ballycurrin Lighthouse: 20.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Leenaun Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Lugmore | NW 321° | 803 m | 6.3 mi |
| Ben Lugmore East Top | NW 322° | 790 m | 6.1 mi |
| Barrclashcame | NNW 345° | 772 m | 6.5 mi |
| Tievummera | N 351° | 762 m | 6.3 mi |
| An Bhinn Bhán | WSW 237° | 729 m | 6.5 mi |
| Binn Chorr | SW 220° | 711 m | 5.9 mi |
| Binn idir an dá Log | SSE 167° | 702 m | 4.1 mi |
| Ben Gorm | NNW 347° | 700 m | 3.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:05 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 21:15 | 22:13 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 18:54 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 08:54 | 15:13 | 16:21 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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