Picnic site
Cuan Beach
Cuan Beach is a picnic site, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Slieve Donard stands 849 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Hans Sloane, a artwork 0.3 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 21 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
How to reach it
Coordinates54.39389, -5.64718
- 21.4 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Hans Sloane: 0.3 mi
- Strangford Stone: 1.5 mi
- Girl from Mars: 5.2 mi
- The Fields of Saintfield: 8.7 mi
- On the Way to the Fair: 10.4 mi
Historic sites
- Killyleagh Castle: 0.7 mi
- Temple: 2.9 mi
- Castle Ward: 3.1 mi
- Steamboat Quay: 3.2 mi
- Audley's Castle: 3.2 mi
Parks
- Delamont Country Park: 1.5 mi
- Quoile Steamboat Quay: 3.2 mi
- Tobar Mhuire Retreat & Conference Centre: 4.4 mi
- Bassett's Field: 4.6 mi
- Roughal Park Recreation Area: 5.0 mi
Peaks
- Carney Hill: 1.8 mi
- Wallace Hill: 2.6 mi
- Stump Hill: 4.7 mi
- Monaghan Bank: 7.7 mi
- Thompson's Hill: 8.5 mi
Attractions
- Winterfell Castle Courtyard: 3.1 mi
- Brienne & Jaime's Hanging Tree: 3.1 mi
- Walder Frey's Twins: 3.2 mi
- Hoster Tully's Funeral Jetty: 3.2 mi
- Castle Ward House: 3.2 mi
Gardens: 56
- Shrigley Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Walled Garden: 2.9 mi
- Sunken Garden: 3.1 mi
- Victorian Garden: 5.3 mi
- Kilclief Community Garden: 5.8 mi
Cliffs: 46
- Spinkanee: 14.0 mi
- Nerwcastle Beach Bouldering: 16.4 mi
- Eagle Rock: 18.1 mi
- The Castles: 18.7 mi
- Annalong Buttress: 19.1 mi
Museums: 31
- Down County Museum: 5.4 mi
- St. Patricks Visitor Centre: 5.4 mi
- Carriage Gallery: 5.6 mi
- Ards Arts Centre: 13.9 mi
- War Years Remembered: 14.4 mi
Nature reserves: 19
- Quoile Pondage Basin nature reserve: 3.0 mi
- Cloughy Rocks nature reserve: 4.7 mi
- Hollymount Forest nature reserve: 6.6 mi
- Killard National Nature Reserve: 7.1 mi
- Ballyquintin Point Nature Reserve: 7.2 mi
Picnic sites: 16
- Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
- Strangford Holiday Park Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Kilclief Recreation/Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
- Ballyhornan Picnic Site: 7.4 mi
- Seaforde Picnic Site: 9.2 mi
Springs: 10
- St. Anne's Well: 0.7 mi
- Sunday Well: 2.6 mi
- Mearing Well: 3.7 mi
- Toberasool: 4.2 mi
- St. Mary's Well: 4.4 mi
Beaches: 9
- Kilclief Beach: 5.8 mi
- Mill Quarter Beach: 6.7 mi
- Gilpin Harbour: 8.1 mi
- Rossglass Beach: 10.0 mi
- Tyrella Beach: 10.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 15.4 mi
- Black Stairs: 17.4 mi
- Stepping Stones: 19.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Cuan Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Donard | SW 217° | 849 m | 18.4 mi |
| Slieve Commedagh | SW 220° | 767 m | 18.4 mi |
| Slieve Corragh | SW 221° | 641.9 m | 18.8 mi |
| Slieve Beg | SW 219° | 595.9 m | 19.1 mi |
| Slievenaglogh | SW 223° | 584.4 m | 18.9 mi |
| Slievenaglogh East Top | SW 223° | 571 m | 18.8 mi |
| Crossone | SW 215° | 540 m | 18.2 mi |
| Slieve Croob | WSW 254° | 534 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:26 | 17:48 | 18:35 |
| June solstice | 04:48 | 21:02 | 22:02 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:37 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 08:43 | 14:48 | 16:00 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
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