Purple Mountain
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Purple Mountain rises to 832 m. Carrauntoohil stands 1,039 m to the west, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Purple Mountain NE Top, a peak 0.7 miles away. Ring of Kerry passes 2.8 miles off.
The story
Purple Mountain (Irish: an Sliabh Corcra) at 832 metres (2,730 ft) high, is the 21st–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 28th–highest according to the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. It is located in County Kerry, and is the highest point of the Purple Mountain Group.
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Wikidata Q7261438, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 832 m
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Ring of Kerry
- 0.4 mi off the Wild Atlantic Way, National
Overlooks nearby
- Ladie's View · 3 mi
- Ladies View · 3 mi
- Meeting of the waters · 3 mi
- Waterfall view · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Purple Mountain NE Top: 0.7 mi
- Shehy Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Tomies Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Tomies Mountain North Top: 1.5 mi
- Cnoc na dTarbh: 1.5 mi
- Lord Brandon's Cottage: 2.0 mi
- Church ruins: 3.1 mi
- ruined castle: 3.2 mi
- Derrycunihy Roman Catholic Church: 3.5 mi
- Dunloe Castle: 3.8 mi
- Very small Bridge: 0.8 mi
- Newfoundland Bay Tunnel: 2.8 mi
- Killarney National Park: 3.0 mi
- Droichead an tseanchora: 3.1 mi
- Crash site of USAAF Dakota: 3.2 mi
- St Margaret's Well: 5.9 mi
- Tobermurry: 5.9 mi
- Our Lady's Well: 8.9 mi
- Tobereendoney: 9.8 mi
- Toberbullaun: 11.0 mi
- Oak Spirit: 5.1 mi
- Johnny O'Leary: 6.0 mi
- Red Deer of Ireland: 6.2 mi
- St Francis of Assisi: 6.2 mi
- An Spéir Bhean: 6.2 mi
- Stone garden: 5.1 mi
- Maurice O'Donoghue Memorial Park: 5.7 mi
- Killarney House: 5.9 mi
- Cumann na mBan Park: 8.9 mi
- Reenagross Park: 9.3 mi
- Walled Garden: 5.2 mi
- Fern Garden: 5.7 mi
- The Ewe Experience: 16.1 mi
- Sally Garden: 16.8 mi
- Garden of the Senses: 16.8 mi
- McRose Beach: 4.3 mi
- Coss Strand: 10.2 mi
- Rossbeigh Beach: 15.5 mi
- Bunaneer Strand: 20.2 mi
- Snave Strand: 20.4 mi
- Arboretum: 5.0 mi
- Mucksna Nature Reserve: 9.7 mi
- Lough Nambrackdarrig Nature Reserve: 12.8 mi
- Glengarriff Nature Reserve: 17.6 mi
- Habitat of Derreenies: 17.8 mi
- Kilgarvan Motor Museum: 11.5 mi
- Bonane Heritage Park: 13.1 mi
- Molly Gallivan's Cottage & Traditional Farm: 14.5 mi
- Kerry County Museum: 18.2 mi
- Bryce House: 19.0 mi
- O'Sullivan's Cascade: 2.7 mi
- Torc Waterfall: 5.0 mi
- Dromanassig Waterfall: 11.4 mi
- Gleninchaquin Waterfall: 14.5 mi
- Mare's Tail Waterfall: 22.8 mi
- Caoinkeen: 14.9 mi
- Droppa: 17.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.3 miles of Purple Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrauntoohil | W 264° | 1,039 m | 5.1 mi |
| Beenkeragh | W 269° | 1,008 m | 5.3 mi |
| Caher | W 261° | 1,000 m | 5.9 mi |
| Cnoc na Péiste | WSW 258° | 985 m | 3.2 mi |
| Caher West Top | W 262° | 973 m | 6.0 mi |
| Maolán Buí | WSW 255° | 969 m | 3.5 mi |
| The Bones | W 265° | 957 m | 5.3 mi |
| Cnoc an Chuillinn | WSW 252° | 955 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:42 | 18:07 | 18:51 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 21:08 | 22:03 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 18:55 | 19:39 |
| December solstice | 08:45 | 15:26 | 16:29 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/332372514
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