Montpelier Hill
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Montpelier Hill rises to 383 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the south, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Hell Fire Club, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
Montpelier Hill or Mountpelier, also known as Slieve Gorra, is a hill in County Dublin, Ireland, with a height of 383 metres (1,257 ft). It is at the northern edge of the Wicklow Mountains and overlooks Dublin city. On its summit is an infamous ruined sporting lodge known as the Hell Fire Club. There are two flattened prehistoric passage tombs on the summit. Around 1725, stones from these tombs were used to build a sporting lodge for Anglo-Irish politician William Conolly. The lodge was used by the Dublin Hellfire Club, a private club for upper class young men who reportedly engaged in debauchery, occult activities, and ritual murder. The building has since become associated with the paranormal and is reputedly haunted. Montpelier Hill is popular for hillwalking. On the slopes is a forestry plantation, known as Hell Fire Wood, which consists of Sitka spruce, larch and beech. The hill and much of the surrounding lands are owned by the state forestry company Coillte and are open to the public. At the eastern foot of the hill are the ruins of Killakee Estate, the former country estate of the Massy family, and the Stewards House. To the west, the hill overlooks the Glenasmole valley.
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Wikidata Q3072983, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 383 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Hell Fire Club: 0.0 mi
- Carty's Castle: 0.6 mi
- Massy's Gardens: 0.7 mi
- Ice Houses: 0.9 mi
- Friarstown House: 1.3 mi
- Slieve Gorra: 0.6 mi
- Spinkeen: 1.0 mi
- Killakee Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Cruagh Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Slievenabawnoge: 2.2 mi
- Saint Ann's Well: 1.5 mi
- Source of Glencree River: 2.3 mi
- Saint Brigid's Well: 5.2 mi
- Saint James' Well: 5.4 mi
- St. Bridget's Well: 6.3 mi
- Woodstown Park: 1.6 mi
- Ballycragh Park: 1.6 mi
- Firhouse Village Park: 2.1 mi
- Sean Walsh Park: 2.3 mi
- Delaford Park: 2.4 mi
- Tibradden House: 1.7 mi
- Waterfall viewing point: 2.0 mi
- Nature Room: 2.9 mi
- Fairy Tree Home: 3.0 mi
- Glencree German War Cemetery: 3.8 mi
- Bear Necessities: 1.9 mi
- Paddy Drac: 2.1 mi
- Red Sun: 2.4 mi
- Be Kind to Every Kind: 2.4 mi
- Suburban Paradise: 2.5 mi
- Sensory Garden: 2.7 mi
- St Enda's Park Walled Garden: 2.9 mi
- Bee Kind: 3.0 mi
- Regency Walled Garden: 3.1 mi
- Tree of Hope: 3.2 mi
- Pearse Museum: 3.0 mi
- Explorium: National Sport and Science Centre: 4.0 mi
- Imaginosity: 5.0 mi
- Mary Aikenhead Heritage Centre: 5.6 mi
- Richmond Barracks: 6.0 mi
- Merrion Strand: 6.9 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 7.3 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 7.5 mi
- Seapoint: 7.7 mi
- Killiney Beach: 9.1 mi
- Wildflower Meadow: 2.9 mi
- Fitzsimon's Wood: 4.2 mi
- Dingle Glen: 6.3 mi
- The Grove: 6.3 mi
- Knocksink Wood: 6.7 mi
- Lover's Leap: 8.7 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 9.7 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 9.7 mi
- The Shaft: 11.5 mi
- Streaky Slab: 11.6 mi
- Powerscourt Waterfall: 8.8 mi
- Leixlip Spa Waterfall: 11.1 mi
- Glenmacnass Waterfall: 12.9 mi
- Poulaphuca Waterfall: 14.0 mi
- Devil's Glen Waterfall: 16.8 mi
- Toni's: 6.2 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 9.7 mi
- Poplar Square: 13.9 mi
- Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 16.7 mi
- Newbridge Town Park: 19.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Montpelier Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kippure | S 181° | 757 m | 5.1 mi |
| Djouce | SSE 156° | 725.5 m | 9.2 mi |
| Seefingan | SSW 204° | 722.9 m | 4.5 mi |
| Duff Hill | S 189° | 720.78 m | 9.6 mi |
| Gravale | S 185° | 719.004 m | 8.9 mi |
| War Hill | SSE 158° | 684.8 m | 8.3 mi |
| Carrigvore | S 178° | 682.36 m | 8.4 mi |
| Seahan | SW 222° | 647.3 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 17:52 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 21:00 | 21:57 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:41 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 08:39 | 15:02 | 16:09 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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