Mullaghmore
Mullaghmore rises to 550 m. Sawel stands 678 m to the west-southwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Craig-na-Shoke, a cliff 0.7 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 15 miles off.
The story
Mullaghmore (from Irish an Mullach Mór 'the big summit') is a mountain in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is part of the Sperrins and the 359th highest point on the island of Ireland The summit is dominated by a large telecommunication tower. The peak is located 5 miles north of the village of Draperstown, and 6 miles south of Dungiven. It is also locally known as, "The Birren" hence the road name passing over it is "Birren Road"
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Wikidata Q6934095, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 550 m
How to reach it
- 14.7 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
- 22.4 mi off the Wild Atlantic Way, National
Overlooks nearby
- Gortmore View Point · 21 mi
- viewpoint on Beach · 22 mi
- Harbour Hill · 24 mi
- Rinagree Point · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Derrynoyd Forest: 4.0 mi
- Plantin Park: 4.6 mi
- Susan's Trail: 4.8 mi
- Dean McGlinchey Park: 5.0 mi
- Tirkane Sweat House: 5.5 mi
- White Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Bohilbreaga: 1.4 mi
- Crockalougha: 1.4 mi
- Craigagh Hill: 1.8 mi
- Corick Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Dungiven Priory: 5.4 mi
- Dungiven Castle: 5.9 mi
- Old Killelagh Church: 6.2 mi
- St Patrick's Church Ruins: 6.3 mi
- Drumcovitt House: 6.8 mi
- Davagh Giant: 9.4 mi
- Turfman: 13.6 mi
- Fox: 14.8 mi
- Badger: 14.8 mi
- Piper Sam and Irish Dancer Roisin: 14.9 mi
- Beetling Mill: 8.7 mi
- Garvagh Museum: 11.2 mi
- Green Lane Museum: 12.5 mi
- Seamus Heaney Homeplace: 13.4 mi
- Limavady Museum: 14.5 mi
- Sperrins landscape: 9.9 mi
- Wellbrook Beetling Mill: 13.5 mi
- An Creagán: 15.3 mi
- Gortin Glen Forest Park: 19.5 mi
- Ebrington Parade Grounds: 20.9 mi
- Castle Leisure Park: 5.9 mi
- Largantogher Plantin Walled Garden: 7.2 mi
- Dutch Garden: 13.7 mi
- Walled Garden: 18.6 mi
- Ahoghill Community Garden: 19.4 mi
- Skelp Well: 4.7 mi
- Source Of The Knockoneill River: 5.1 mi
- Source Of The Roohan Burn: 5.3 mi
- Official Start Of The Clady River: 10.2 mi
- St Lowry's Well: 13.4 mi
- Cashel: 4.3 mi
- Craigadick Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Beagh Bridge Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
- Coltrim Picnic Park: 13.2 mi
- Ballyforles Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- The 7 Arches Mousetrap Bridge Weir: 3.4 mi
- Altkeeran Waterfall: 4.8 mi
- Grillagh Waterfall: 7.3 mi
- Ness Waterfall Highest Waterfall In Northern Ireland: 14.7 mi
- Dungeon Waterfall: 16.8 mi
- Craig-na-Shoke: 0.7 mi
- Legananam Pot: 7.2 mi
- Goles Forest: 5.8 mi
- Garry Bog Nature Reserve: 21.9 mi
- Castlerock Beach: 22.2 mi
- Portstewart Strand: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Mullaghmore. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sawel | WSW 255° | 678 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mullaghclogha | WSW 255° | 635 m | 11.7 mi |
| Mullaghaneany | WSW 248° | 627 m | 3.6 mi |
| Meenard Mtn | WSW 252° | 620 m | 4.3 mi |
| Dart Mountain | WSW 253° | 619 m | 8.9 mi |
| Mullaghasturrakeen | WSW 254° | 581 m | 12.4 mi |
| Oughtmore | SW 230° | 569 m | 3.2 mi |
| Spelhoagh | SW 226° | 568 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:31 | 17:53 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 21:09 | 22:10 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:41 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 08:50 | 14:48 | 16:02 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/332372896
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