Two Rock Mountain
Two Rock Mountain rises to 536 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the southwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Three Rock Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away.
The story
Two Rock (archaic: Black Mountain; Irish: Binn Dá Charraig, meaning 'Two Rock Mountain' or Sliab Lecga, 'Mountain of Flagstones') is a mountain in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. It is 536 metres (1,759 feet) high and is the 382nd highest mountain in Ireland. It is the highest point of the group of hills in the Dublin Mountains which comprises Two Rock, Three Rock, Kilmashogue and Tibradden Mountains. The mountain takes its name from the two granite tors that lie to the south-east of the summit. From the summit, which is called Fairy Castle, there are views of much of the Dublin area from Tallaght to Howth to the north while Bray Head, Killiney Hill, the Great Sugar Loaf and the Wicklow Mountains are visible to the south. The summit area is mostly shallow bog while ferns and gorse cover the lower slopes. The mountain is also an important habitat for red grouse. A number of prehistoric monuments can be found on the mountain including a passage tomb on the summit and a wedge tomb on the slopes near Ballyedmonduff.
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Wikidata Q3778155, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 536 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Three Rock Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Kilmashogue: 1.2 mi
- Tibradden Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Telshaun Hill: 1.5 mi
- Cruagh Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Tibradden House: 2.3 mi
- Fairy Tree Home: 2.4 mi
- Glencree German War Cemetery: 3.3 mi
- Nature Room: 3.3 mi
- Airfield Farm: 3.4 mi
- Fernhill Park and Gardens: 1.5 mi
- Samuel Beckett Civic Campus: 2.6 mi
- Ballawley Park: 2.8 mi
- Little Dargle Dog Park: 3.1 mi
- Beckett Green: 3.2 mi
- Explorium: National Sport and Science Centre: 2.0 mi
- Imaginosity: 2.9 mi
- Pearse Museum: 3.4 mi
- National Maritime Museum of Ireland: 5.9 mi
- Mary Aikenhead Heritage Centre: 6.2 mi
- Peter & Ned: 2.3 mi
- Mary Immaculate Virgin: 2.3 mi
- Pagan: 2.4 mi
- Adventure is on our Doorstep: 2.4 mi
- Dreaming about the Celestial Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Calbeck Castle: 1.0 mi
- O'Connells Rock: 1.4 mi
- Saint Patrick's Chapel: 1.7 mi
- Kilternan Abbey: 1.7 mi
- Kilgobbin Castle: 1.9 mi
- Fernhill Heritage Garden: 1.5 mi
- Fernhill Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Regency Walled Garden: 2.9 mi
- Aventine Gardens: 3.2 mi
- Tresilian Bee Garden: 3.2 mi
- Saint James' Well: 2.0 mi
- Source of Glencree River: 2.6 mi
- Saint Ann's Well: 4.4 mi
- Source of River Liffey: 5.9 mi
- Saint Broc's Well: 6.0 mi
- Seapoint: 5.4 mi
- Merrion Strand: 5.6 mi
- Killiney Beach: 5.7 mi
- White Rock, Killiney Beach: 6.0 mi
- Sandycove Beach: 6.4 mi
- Fitzsimon's Wood: 2.0 mi
- Wildflower Meadow: 2.5 mi
- Dingle Glen: 2.7 mi
- Barnaslingan Wood: 3.1 mi
- Knocksink Wood: 3.4 mi
- Lover's Leap: 5.4 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 6.4 mi
- The Shaft: 8.0 mi
- Streaky Slab: 8.1 mi
- Telegraph Slab: 8.3 mi
- Powerscourt Waterfall: 6.6 mi
- Glenmacnass Waterfall: 12.7 mi
- Leixlip Spa Waterfall: 14.2 mi
- Devil's Glen Waterfall: 14.9 mi
- Trooperstown Falls: 15.9 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 6.4 mi
- Toni's: 7.6 mi
- Poplar Square: 17.3 mi
- Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 19.2 mi
- Newbridge Town Park: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Two Rock Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kippure | SW 220° | 757 m | 5.5 mi |
| Djouce | S 178° | 726 m | 7.5 mi |
| Seefingan | WSW 239° | 723 m | 6.3 mi |
| Duff Hill | SSW 210° | 721 m | 10.0 mi |
| Gravale | SSW 209° | 719 m | 9.1 mi |
| War Hill | S 183° | 685 m | 6.9 mi |
| Carrigvore | SSW 203° | 682 m | 8.2 mi |
| Seahan | WSW 255° | 647 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 17:52 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 20:59 | 21:57 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:40 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 08:38 | 15:02 | 16:09 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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