Picnic site
Quarter Road Pic Area
Quarter Road Pic Area is a picnic site, at a modelled elevation of 55 m. Slieve Donard stands 849 m to the north, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Annalong Marine Park, a park 1.0 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates54.12308, -5.90756
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Annalong Marine Park: 1.0 mi
- Donard Park: 5.7 mi
- Mourne Esplanade Amentity Area: 5.9 mi
- Manse Park Amenity Area: 6.0 mi
- Castle Park: 6.1 mi
Peaks
- Spences Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Rocky Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Chimney Rock Mtn: 2.7 mi
- Slieve Binnian East Top: 2.8 mi
- Slieve Binnian: 3.2 mi
Artworks
- The Smuggler's Head: 3.8 mi
- The Mourne Hand: 3.8 mi
- Cone of Light: 5.7 mi
- Global Journeys: 5.8 mi
- Midnight Tentacles: 5.9 mi
Historic sites
- Kilcoo Church (ruins): 9.4 mi
- Greencastle: 9.6 mi
- Ice House: 9.8 mi
- Castlewellan Castle: 10.0 mi
- Moorish Tower: 10.2 mi
Cliffs: 50
- Douglas Crag: 3.0 mi
- South Tor: 3.1 mi
- Beta Tor: 3.1 mi
- Beta Tor: 3.2 mi
- Percey Bysshe: 3.2 mi
Picnic sites: 28
- Manse Road Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
- The Rock Amenity Site: 7.6 mi
- Twelve Arches Recreation Area: 8.1 mi
- Millbay Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Dundrum Inner Bay: 8.9 mi
Attractions: 20
- Black Rock: 2.9 mi
- The Starks Find Direwolf Pups: 6.9 mi
- The Wildling Pit: 7.0 mi
- Ser Arlan's Grave: 8.2 mi
- Santas Cottage: 9.5 mi
Gardens: 15
- Tollymore Arboretum: 7.1 mi
- The Annesley Garden: 10.0 mi
- Spring Garden: 10.0 mi
- Scented Garden: 10.0 mi
- Winter Garden: 10.1 mi
Springs: 14
- St Patrick's Well: 10.6 mi
- St James Well: 12.0 mi
- Lady Well: 13.7 mi
- St. Patrick's Wells: 16.7 mi
- St. Patrick's Wells: 16.7 mi
Nature reserves: 11
- Tollymore Forest Park Entrance: 7.2 mi
- Murlough Nature Reserve: 7.9 mi
- Murlough National Nature Reserve: 8.6 mi
- Rostrevor Oakwood National Nature Reserve: 11.6 mi
- Hollymount Forest nature reserve: 15.0 mi
Museums: 7
- Greenore Railway Museum: 11.1 mi
- Carriage Gallery: 15.8 mi
- St. Patricks Visitor Centre: 16.0 mi
- Down County Museum: 16.1 mi
- Newry and Mourne Museum: 17.7 mi
Beaches: 6
- Beach - Costa del Ceanfield: 8.9 mi
- Tyrella Beach: 11.2 mi
- Rossglass Beach: 12.4 mi
- Gilpin Harbour: 18.6 mi
- Mill Quarter Beach: 20.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Black Stairs: 4.9 mi
- Stepping Stones: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Quarter Road Pic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Donard | N 352° | 849 m | 4.0 mi |
| Slieve Commedagh | NNW 345° | 767 m | 4.7 mi |
| Slieve Binnian | WNW 294° | 745.9 m | 3.2 mi |
| Slieve Bearnagh | NW 322° | 739 m | 5.3 mi |
| Slievelamagan | NW 322° | 702.2 m | 3.8 mi |
| Slieve Meelbeg | NW 316° | 701.9 m | 5.8 mi |
| Slieve Meelmore | NW 321° | 687 m | 5.9 mi |
| Slieve Bearnagh North Tor | NW 324° | 680 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:27 | 17:50 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 04:51 | 21:02 | 22:01 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:38 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 08:42 | 14:52 | 16:03 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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