Picnic site
Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area
Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area is a picnic site, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Slieve Donard stands 849 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is The King in the North, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 24 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Downpatrick & County Down Railway
How to reach it
Coordinates54.33846, -5.73467
- 23.5 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Named places within 25 miles
Attractions
- The King in the North: 0.2 mi
- Hoster Tully's Funeral Jetty: 2.0 mi
- St Patrick's Chair: 2.5 mi
- Mount Panther Farm Park: 6.2 mi
- Castle Ward House: 6.5 mi
Parks
- Roughal Park Recreation Area: 0.7 mi
- The Grove Recreation Area: 1.0 mi
- Quoile Steamboat Quay: 2.1 mi
- Delamont Country Park: 3.7 mi
- Tobar Mhuire Retreat & Conference Centre: 4.0 mi
Historic sites
- St. Patrick's Grave: 0.9 mi
- Grave of Magnus Barefoot: 1.3 mi
- Steamboat Quay: 2.1 mi
- Struell Wells: 2.5 mi
- Nut Grove House: 3.0 mi
Artworks
- Girl from Mars: 1.0 mi
- Strangford Stone: 3.7 mi
- On the Way to the Fair: 5.2 mi
- Hans Sloane: 5.4 mi
- Tonn Ruray Sculptural Horn: 6.9 mi
Peaks
- Wallace Hill: 3.3 mi
- Carney Hill: 3.8 mi
- Stump Hill: 5.7 mi
- Edenarrif Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Dunmore Mountain: 6.8 mi
Gardens: 53
- Victorian Garden: 1.8 mi
- Nutgrove Garden: 3.1 mi
- Seaforde Gardens: 4.5 mi
- Shrigley Community Garden: 5.7 mi
- Sunken Garden: 6.5 mi
Cliffs: 46
- Spinkanee: 9.2 mi
- Nerwcastle Beach Bouldering: 11.2 mi
- Eagle Rock: 12.9 mi
- The Castles: 13.6 mi
- Slieve Beg: 14.0 mi
Museums: 26
- Down County Museum: 0.9 mi
- St. Patricks Visitor Centre: 1.0 mi
- Carriage Gallery: 1.0 mi
- Linen Centre and Museum: 17.2 mi
- Museum of Orange Heritage: 17.3 mi
Picnic sites: 22
- Seaforde Picnic Site: 4.4 mi
- Cuan Beach: 5.2 mi
- Clough Picnic Site: 5.4 mi
- Widow's Row Car Park: 6.6 mi
- Dundrum Boat Park: 6.9 mi
Nature reserves: 19
- Hollymount Forest nature reserve: 1.4 mi
- Quoile Pondage Basin nature reserve: 2.2 mi
- Bohill Nature Reserve: 4.8 mi
- Cloughy Rocks nature reserve: 7.6 mi
- Murlough National Nature Reserve: 8.1 mi
Springs: 10
- Toberasool: 2.0 mi
- Mearing Well: 2.1 mi
- St. Patrick's Wells: 2.5 mi
- St. Patrick's Wells: 2.5 mi
- St. Mary's Well: 3.9 mi
Beaches: 9
- Tyrella Beach: 6.0 mi
- Rossglass Beach: 6.3 mi
- Kilclief Beach: 7.7 mi
- Mill Quarter Beach: 7.9 mi
- Gilpin Harbour: 8.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Black Stairs: 12.3 mi
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 17.0 mi
- Stepping Stones: 17.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Donard | SW 215° | 849 m | 13.3 mi |
| Slieve Commedagh | SW 219° | 767 m | 13.2 mi |
| Slieve Bearnagh North Tor | SW 224° | 680 m | 14.6 mi |
| Chimney Rock Mtn | SSW 211° | 656 m | 14.1 mi |
| Cove Mtn | SW 218° | 654.8 m | 14.3 mi |
| Slieve Corragh | SW 221° | 641.9 m | 13.6 mi |
| Slieve Beg | SW 218° | 595.9 m | 13.9 mi |
| Slievenaglogh | SW 223° | 584.4 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:27 | 17:49 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 04:49 | 21:02 | 22:02 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:37 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 08:43 | 14:49 | 16:01 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
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