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Slieve Gallion

Slieve Gallion rises to 527 m. Sawel stands 678 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Tintagh Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 22 miles off.

The story

Slieve Gallion (Irish: Sliabh gCallann) is a mountain in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is the easternmost of the Sperrin Mountains. It reaches a height of 528 metres (1,732 ft) and dominates the western shore of Lough Neagh. Its prominent northeastern summit has a transmitter station with a small road leading to it, and stands at a height of 496 metres (1,627 ft). By road, Slieve Gallion is 4 miles (6.4 km) from Moneymore, 8 miles (13 km) from Cookstown, and 8 miles (13 km) from Magherafelt. The mountain is part of the parishes of Desertmartin, Lissan and Ballinascreen.

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Wikidata Q7540432, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
526.6 m

How to reach it

Coordinates54.73181, -6.76127

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Tintagh Mountain: 0.5 mi
  • Slieve Gallion NE Top: 1.5 mi
  • Fir Mountain: 3.5 mi
  • Oughtmore: 5.2 mi
  • Beeleevnamore Mountain: 5.5 mi
Historic sites: 55
Parks: 52
  • Iniscarn Forest Park: 2.7 mi
  • Dean McGlinchey Park: 3.9 mi
  • Susan's Trail: 4.4 mi
  • Plantin Park: 4.5 mi
  • Derrynoyd Forest: 5.0 mi
Artworks: 19
Attractions: 14
Museums: 11
Springs: 10
  • Source Of The Roohan Burn: 9.8 mi
  • Skelp Well: 11.0 mi
  • Official Start Of The Clady River: 11.6 mi
  • Source Of The Knockoneill River: 11.7 mi
  • King James's Well: 14.3 mi
Gardens: 8
Picnic sites: 6
  • Coltrim Picnic Park: 4.5 mi
  • Ballyforles Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
  • Craigadick Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
  • Beagh Bridge Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
  • Cashel: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • The 7 Arches Mousetrap Bridge Weir: 5.7 mi
  • Grillagh Waterfall: 10.3 mi
  • Altkeeran Waterfall: 10.4 mi
  • Ness Waterfall Highest Waterfall In Northern Ireland: 22.4 mi
  • Dungeon Waterfall: 23.9 mi
Nature reserves: 4
  • Goles Forest: 8.0 mi
  • Drumcrow ASSI: 16.3 mi
  • RSPB Portmore Lough Reserve: 22.4 mi
  • Oxford Island National Nature Reserve: 22.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Craig-na-Shoke: 8.4 mi
  • Legananam Pot: 15.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Slieve Gallion. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SawelWNW678 m12.6 mi
MullaghaneanyNW627 m9.7 mi
Meenard MtnNW620 m10.3 mi
Dart MountainWNW619 m13.3 mi
SpelhoaghNW568 m8.4 mi
CarnanellyWNW562 m8.1 mi
MullaghmoreNNW550 m8.9 mi
White MountainNNW537 m9.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3117:5218:40
June solstice04:5021:0822:09
September equinox07:1318:4119:29
December solstice08:4914:4916:02

Local time (Europe/London).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/332372934

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