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
- 22.2 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Overlooks nearby
- Gortmore View Point · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Neolithic Ritural Complex: 1.6 mi
- St Patrick's Church Ruins: 4.6 mi
- Kildress Old Church: 6.3 mi
- Derryloran Old Church: 6.8 mi
- Mullagh Church: 8.0 mi
- 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
- Davagh Giant: 6.5 mi
- Turfman: 11.0 mi
- Fox: 11.7 mi
- Badger: 11.7 mi
- Eelworks: 11.9 mi
- Wellbrook Beetling Mill: 6.2 mi
- An Creagán: 12.2 mi
- Sperrins landscape: 13.6 mi
- Parkanaur Forest Park: 16.7 mi
- The Argory Museum: 18.9 mi
- Seamus Heaney HomePlace: 10.9 mi
- Seamus Heaney Homeplace: 10.9 mi
- Beetling Mill: 11.3 mi
- Ranfurly House: 15.7 mi
- Garvagh Museum: 17.5 mi
- 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
- Dutch Garden: 5.3 mi
- Largantogher Plantin Walled Garden: 8.4 mi
- Castle Leisure Park: 14.7 mi
- Ahoghill Community Garden: 17.9 mi
- Parterre Garden: 21.4 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Craig-na-Shoke: 8.4 mi
- Legananam Pot: 15.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Slieve Gallion. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sawel | WNW 299° | 678 m | 12.6 mi |
| Mullaghaneany | NW 315° | 627 m | 9.7 mi |
| Meenard Mtn | NW 312° | 620 m | 10.3 mi |
| Dart Mountain | WNW 295° | 619 m | 13.3 mi |
| Oughtmore | NW 316° | 569 m | 8.6 mi |
| Spelhoagh | NW 319° | 568 m | 8.4 mi |
| Carnanelly | WNW 290° | 562 m | 8.1 mi |
| Mullaghmore | NNW 336° | 550 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:31 | 17:52 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 21:08 | 22:09 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:41 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 08:49 | 14:49 | 16:02 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/332372934
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