Slieve Snaght
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Slieve Snaght rises to 615 m. Slieve Main stands 514 m to the southwest, 1.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Wee Slieve Snaght, a peak 0.5 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 0.8 miles off.
The story
Slieve Snaght (Irish: Sliabh Sneachta, meaning 'snow mountain') is a mountain in the middle of the Inishowen peninsula of County Donegal, Ireland. It rises to a height of 615 metres (2,018 ft), making it the highest mountain in Inishowen, and is one of the northernmost mountains of Ireland. It should not be confused with the mountain of the same name in the nearby Derryveagh range. It includes the lesser summits of Slieve Main, Crocknamaddy and Damph.
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Wikidata Q7540443, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 614.6 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Wild Atlantic Way, National
- 12.1 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Overlooks nearby
- Mamore Gap · 7 mi
- Gap of Mamore Viewpoint · 7 mi
- Ballymastocker Strand · 10 mi
- Pollet Great Arch · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wee Slieve Snaght: 0.5 mi
- Slieve Main: 1.0 mi
- Damph: 1.3 mi
- Crocknamaddy: 2.3 mi
- Stoolary: 3.6 mi
- Straid Church: 6.0 mi
- O'Doherty's Keep: 6.4 mi
- Buncrana Castle: 6.5 mi
- Neds Point Fort: 6.7 mi
- Carrickabraghy Castle: 8.4 mi
- Barrack Hill Community Gardens: 4.6 mi
- Culmore Country Park: 9.9 mi
- Car Park: 10.1 mi
- Rathmullan House Walled Garden: 10.2 mi
- Bath Green: 11.7 mi
- Five Fingers: 7.8 mi
- Flight of the Earls: 10.4 mi
- The Fid: 11.6 mi
- Amazing Space Peace Tree: 13.6 mi
- International Sailor: 13.7 mi
- Stragill Beach: 6.6 mi
- Porthaw Beach: 6.7 mi
- Buncrana Beach: 7.6 mi
- Dunree Beach: 8.2 mi
- Five Finger Strand: 8.5 mi
- Glendowen craft shop: 3.7 mi
- Donagh Cross: 4.4 mi
- Gap of Marmore: 6.9 mi
- Dough Famine Village: 7.7 mi
- Malin Head: 12.9 mi
- Doagh Famine Village: 7.8 mi
- Dunree Centre: 8.6 mi
- Fort Dunree Military Museum: 8.7 mi
- Inishowen Maritime Museum and Planetarium: 13.7 mi
- Tower Museum: 13.8 mi
- Fahan Holy Well: 9.3 mi
- St. Patrick's Well: 12.5 mi
- Aidan's Well: 16.4 mi
- Saint Boyne's Well: 17.3 mi
- Tober Well: 18.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
- Ballynashallog Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Ballyhacket View: 19.9 mi
- Bishop's Gate Picnic Site: 20.8 mi
- McDonald's Outdoor Seating Area: 23.5 mi
- Walled Garden: 16.0 mi
- Sensory Garden: 18.7 mi
- Walled Garden: 20.6 mi
- Cutting Flower Patch: 23.7 mi
- Walled Garden: 23.8 mi
- Glenevin Waterfall: 6.3 mi
- Ness Waterfall Highest Waterfall In Northern Ireland: 18.1 mi
- Dungeon Waterfall: 18.3 mi
- Corbylin Waterfall: 21.3 mi
- Rathmullan Wood Nature Reserve: 11.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Slieve Snaght. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Main | SW 223° | 514 m | 1.0 mi |
| Raghtin More | NW 308° | 502 m | 6.7 mi |
| Wee Slieve Snaght | N 354° | 500 m | 0.5 mi |
| Bulbin | WNW 296° | 494 m | 4.6 mi |
| Scalp Mountain | S 189° | 484 m | 7.5 mi |
| Crockmain | NW 304° | 460 m | 6.7 mi |
| Mamore Hill | WNW 295° | 423 m | 6.8 mi |
| Damph | SSE 164° | 420 m | 1.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 17:54 | 18:42 |
| June solstice | 04:49 | 21:12 | 22:14 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:43 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 08:54 | 14:46 | 16:02 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/332372754
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