Sugarloaf Mountain
Sugarloaf Mountain rises to 574 m. Hungry Hill stands 682 m to the west-southwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugarloaf Mountain West Top, a peak 0.7 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 1.3 miles off.
The story
Sugarloaf Mountain (Irish: Gabhal Mhór) is one of the Caha Mountains, southwest of Glengarriff in County Cork, Ireland. It is a pointed mountain with a height of 574 metres (1,883 ft). The English name refers to the mountain's likeness to a sugarloaf. The Irish name Gabhal Mhór means "big fork", with the lower neighbouring peak called Gabhal Bheag, "little fork", or Gowlbeg Mountain. These names seem to have developed from Sliabh na Gaibhle, "mountain of the fork", likely referring to a confluence of streams. The anglicised form Slieve Gowl is found in several 19th-century sources.
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Wikidata Q3777400, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 574 m
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Wild Atlantic Way, National
- 10.3 mi off the Ring of Kerry
Overlooks nearby
- Lady Bantry's Lookout · 4 mi
- Derrycreha Layby · 5 mi
- Ardnatrush View · 6 mi
- The Priests Leap · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sugarloaf Mountain West Top: 0.7 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain Far West Top: 0.8 mi
- Gowlbeg Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Nareera: 1.1 mi
- Nareera South-West Top: 1.3 mi
- Kilcaskan Chrush: 3.5 mi
- Cromwell's Bridge: 4.0 mi
- Betelgeuse Incident: 4.7 mi
- Gun Battery: 5.4 mi
- Gun Battery: 6.3 mi
- Snave Strand: 7.7 mi
- Ahakista Strand (Kitchen Cove): 8.3 mi
- Trawnablaha: 9.8 mi
- Trawnablaha: 9.9 mi
- Coss Strand: 10.3 mi
- Old Stone Cottages: 1.4 mi
- Garnish Island: 3.9 mi
- The Blue Pool: 4.1 mi
- West Cork Sailing & Powerboating Centre: 4.4 mi
- Gleninchaquin Park: 5.9 mi
- The Druid: 6.4 mi
- Captain O'Neill Statue: 10.0 mi
- Nest of Lace: 10.9 mi
- Brushwood Gallery: 12.8 mi
- Steve Casey Memorial: 14.1 mi
- Lady's Well: 6.9 mi
- Tobernawahnee: 9.0 mi
- Well of the poets: 9.4 mi
- Saint Bartholomew's Well: 9.8 mi
- Tobermurry: 10.0 mi
- Droppa: 4.2 mi
- Caoinkeen: 11.3 mi
- 2: 17.8 mi
- 2: 17.9 mi
- 2: 18.1 mi
- Snave Pier Picnic Tables: 7.8 mi
- Reenagross Park: 11.2 mi
- Cumann na mBan Park: 11.4 mi
- South Square Park: 14.1 mi
- The Wild Garden: 14.1 mi
- Walled Garden: 3.9 mi
- The Ewe Experience: 4.9 mi
- Derreen Gardens: 7.4 mi
- Walled Garden: 7.5 mi
- Heron Garden: 8.0 mi
- Bryce House: 4.0 mi
- Molly Gallivan's Cottage & Traditional Farm: 6.4 mi
- Coomhola Salmon Trust (Streamscapes): 7.8 mi
- Bonane Heritage Park: 9.1 mi
- Kilgarvan Motor Museum: 14.4 mi
- Glengarriff Nature Reserve: 3.7 mi
- Habitat of Derreenies: 7.4 mi
- Mucksna Nature Reserve: 10.5 mi
- Arboretum: 21.2 mi
- Páirc Náisiúnta Stairiúil Dhoire Fhíonáin / Derrynane National Historic Park: 21.7 mi
- Gleninchaquin Waterfall: 5.7 mi
- Mare's Tail Waterfall: 6.4 mi
- Dromanassig Waterfall: 10.5 mi
- Torc Waterfall: 20.4 mi
- O'Sullivan's Cascade: 22.2 mi
- The Bridge: 16.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Sugarloaf Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungry Hill | WSW 253° | 682 m | 7.3 mi |
| Knockowen | WNW 289° | 658 m | 4.3 mi |
| Coomnadiha | NNW 338° | 644 m | 4.7 mi |
| Caha | NNW 340° | 610 m | 3.7 mi |
| Eagles Nest | NNW 335° | 602.6 m | 3.8 mi |
| Cushnaficulla | WNW 298° | 594 m | 3.7 mi |
| Caha SE Top | NNW 341° | 585 m | 3.3 mi |
| Knockeirky | WNW 303° | 577 m | 3.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:07 | 18:51 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 21:07 | 22:01 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 18:55 | 19:39 |
| December solstice | 08:44 | 15:29 | 16:31 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/332372817
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