The Big Gun
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The Big Gun rises to 940 m. Carrauntoohil stands 1,039 m to the west, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Cruach Mhór, a peak 0.2 miles away. Ring of Kerry passes 4.1 miles off.
The story
The Big Gun (Irish: An Gunna Mór), at 939 metres (3,081 ft) high, is the ninth-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, or the tenth-highest according to the Vandeleur-Lynam list. It is part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks in County Kerry, and is also known as Lackagarrin or Foilnabreachaun.
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Wikidata Q7717657, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 939.9 m
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Ring of Kerry
- 3.2 mi off the Wild Atlantic Way, National
Overlooks nearby
- Moll's Gap · 5 mi
- Ladie's View · 5 mi
- Ladies View · 5 mi
- Waterfall view · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cruach Mhór: 0.2 mi
- Cnoc na Péiste: 0.3 mi
- Maolán Buí: 0.7 mi
- Feabrahy: 0.9 mi
- Cnoc an Chuillinn East Top: 1.0 mi
- Lord Brandon's Cottage: 3.2 mi
- ruined castle: 4.8 mi
- Dunloe Castle: 5.0 mi
- Derrycunihy Roman Catholic Church: 5.2 mi
- Church ruins: 5.6 mi
- Crash site of USAAF Dakota: 0.3 mi
- Very small Bridge: 2.0 mi
- Kissane Sheep Farm: 4.3 mi
- Dunloe Ogham Stones: 4.7 mi
- Newfoundland Bay Tunnel: 5.1 mi
- Tobermurry: 7.1 mi
- St Margaret's Well: 8.5 mi
- Our Lady's Well: 9.3 mi
- Tobereendoney: 10.9 mi
- Toberbullaun: 11.8 mi
- Oak Spirit: 8.0 mi
- Johnny O'Leary: 8.7 mi
- Red Deer of Ireland: 8.8 mi
- St Francis of Assisi: 8.8 mi
- An Spéir Bhean: 8.8 mi
- Stone garden: 8.0 mi
- Maurice O'Donoghue Memorial Park: 8.4 mi
- Killarney House: 8.5 mi
- Cumann na mBan Park: 9.4 mi
- Reenagross Park: 9.8 mi
- McRose Beach: 7.2 mi
- Coss Strand: 9.5 mi
- Rossbeigh Beach: 13.0 mi
- Kells Beach: 17.8 mi
- Bunaneer Strand: 18.0 mi
- Walled Garden: 8.0 mi
- Fern Garden: 8.3 mi
- Sally Garden: 14.5 mi
- Garden of the Senses: 14.5 mi
- The Ewe Experience: 16.3 mi
- Arboretum: 7.9 mi
- Mucksna Nature Reserve: 10.1 mi
- Lough Nambrackdarrig Nature Reserve: 10.5 mi
- Habitat of Derreenies: 16.4 mi
- Glengarriff Nature Reserve: 17.8 mi
- Kilgarvan Motor Museum: 13.4 mi
- Bonane Heritage Park: 13.9 mi
- Molly Gallivan's Cottage & Traditional Farm: 14.8 mi
- Kerry County Museum: 18.4 mi
- Bryce House: 19.2 mi
- O'Sullivan's Cascade: 5.2 mi
- Torc Waterfall: 7.8 mi
- Dromanassig Waterfall: 12.3 mi
- Gleninchaquin Waterfall: 14.0 mi
- Mare's Tail Waterfall: 21.7 mi
- Caoinkeen: 16.3 mi
- Droppa: 16.3 mi
- Maughanablagher Cliffs: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.8 miles of The Big Gun. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrauntoohil | W 268° | 1,039 m | 2.3 mi |
| Beenkeragh | W 279° | 1,008 m | 2.5 mi |
| Caher | W 262° | 1,000 m | 3.0 mi |
| Cnoc na Péiste | WSW 237° | 985 m | 0.3 mi |
| Caher West Top | W 263° | 973 m | 3.2 mi |
| Maolán Buí | SW 230° | 969 m | 0.7 mi |
| The Bones | W 271° | 957 m | 2.5 mi |
| Cnoc an Chuillinn | SW 235° | 955 m | 1.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:07 | 18:51 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 21:08 | 22:03 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 18:55 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 08:45 | 15:27 | 16:30 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/332372489
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