Slemish
Slemish rises to 438 m. Trostan stands 550 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Carrigin Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 4.2 miles off.
The story
Slemish, historically called Slieve Mish (from Irish Sliabh Mis, meaning 'Mis's mountain'), is a hill in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies a few miles east of Ballymena, in the townland of Carnstroan. Tradition holds that Saint Patrick, enslaved as a youth, was brought to this area and tended sheep herds on Slemish, and that during this time he found God. Slemish is the remains of the plug of an extinct volcano. The plug is made of olivine dolerite and was formed during the Palaeogene period of the Earth's geological history. Its distinctive appearance —its upper reaches are very steep and rugged, in contrast to the tidy fields on its lower westward-facing slopes and the relatively flat bogland to the east— causes it to dominate the landscape for miles around. Slemish is within an Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA) and, therefore, helps to protect and manage the fragile animal and plant communities that inhabit its slopes. An ideal location for bird watchers, large black ravens, buzzards, wheatears and meadow pipits can be seen regularly.
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Wikidata Q743542, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 437.9 m
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Overlooks nearby
- The Mount · 8 mi
- The Glens of Antrim · 14 mi
- Watertop Waterfall · 20 mi
- Big Dan's Chair Viewpoint · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Carrigin Hill: 0.6 mi
- Tiftarney: 2.0 mi
- Douglas Top: 2.1 mi
- Ticloy Top: 4.2 mi
- Nellie Top: 5.3 mi
- Skerry Church Yard: 3.0 mi
- War Memorial: 6.9 mi
- Ancient Monastery of Kells: 7.2 mi
- Old House: 7.4 mi
- Memorial Oblisk: 7.4 mi
- Ross Park: 5.6 mi
- Connor Presbyterian Church: 6.8 mi
- Mill Girl Statue: 7.0 mi
- Painted Standing Stones: 8.1 mi
- The Drum: 9.1 mi
- Currells: 6.0 mi
- Ecos Centre: 6.6 mi
- Memoral Garden: 7.1 mi
- Waveney Park: 7.1 mi
- Harryville Playing Fields: 7.2 mi
- ECOS Centre: 6.5 mi
- Wishing Well: 7.4 mi
- Braavos Canal: 8.9 mi
- Madman's Window (rock formation): 9.0 mi
- the Doagh Holestone: 9.2 mi
- Glenarm Castle Walled Garden: 8.0 mi
- Carnfunnock Walled Garden: 10.0 mi
- Bog Garden: 10.1 mi
- Ahoghill Community Garden: 10.8 mi
- Drumalis House Private Grounds: 11.6 mi
- Mid-Antrim Museum: 7.2 mi
- Gracehill Village Old School Museum: 9.4 mi
- The Landscape Centre: 10.9 mi
- Larne Museum & Art Centre: 11.2 mi
- Garden Heritage Exhibition: 12.4 mi
- RSPB Belfast Lough: 19.5 mi
- Bog Meadows: 21.1 mi
- Slievenacloy Nature Reserve: 21.4 mi
- Lagan Meadows: 23.0 mi
- Garry Bog Nature Reserve: 23.5 mi
- Ballygalley Head: 10.1 mi
- Bellevue Area of Special Scientific Interest: 16.5 mi
- Cave Hill: 17.1 mi
- Limestone Quarry: 17.5 mi
- Fairhead: 23.5 mi
- Cranny Falls: 8.6 mi
- Ess-na-Larach Waterfall: 9.4 mi
- Ess-Na-Crub Waterfall: 9.4 mi
- Hermit's Falls: 9.5 mi
- Glenoe Waterfall: 12.0 mi
- Tobernaveen: 9.0 mi
- Holy Well: 14.8 mi
- Lady's Well: 15.0 mi
- Volunteers' Well: 17.3 mi
- Official Start Of The Clady River: 19.9 mi
- Browns bay walk: 13.4 mi
- Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach: 17.0 mi
- Seapark Beach: 19.4 mi
- Brompton Bay: 22.1 mi
- Skippingstone Beach: 22.4 mi
- Cottage Park: 13.9 mi
- Beagh Bridge Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
- Craigadick Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Slemish. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trostan | NNW 349° | 550 m | 11.6 mi |
| Slievenanee | NNW 343° | 543 m | 10.5 mi |
| Knocklayd | NNW 343° | 514 m | 20.3 mi |
| Slieveanorra | NNW 339° | 508 m | 14.2 mi |
| Divis | S 170° | 478 m | 18.9 mi |
| Agnew's Hill | ESE 110° | 474 m | 6.9 mi |
| Skerry Hill | NNW 332° | 459 m | 10.8 mi |
| Mid Hill | N 351° | 440 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:28 | 17:50 | 18:37 |
| June solstice | 04:47 | 21:06 | 22:07 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:38 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 08:47 | 14:45 | 15:59 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/332373236
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