Picnic site
Twelve Arches Recreation Area
Twelve Arches Recreation Area is a picnic site, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Slieve Donard stands 849 m to the south-southwest, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Murlough Nature Reserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates54.23671, -5.86134
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Tonn Ruray Sculptural Horn: 1.8 mi
- Tails of Flight: 1.8 mi
- Percy French: 1.9 mi
- Crab Claw: 2.0 mi
- Listener of the Sea: 2.1 mi
Parks
- Castle Park: 2.2 mi
- Donard Park: 2.6 mi
- Harrison Vista: 4.0 mi
- Castlewellan Forest Park: 4.4 mi
- The Grove Recreation Area: 8.4 mi
Peaks
- Bunkers Hill: 3.1 mi
- Drinnahilly: 3.1 mi
- Curraghard: 3.2 mi
- The Drinns: 3.6 mi
- Millstone Mountain: 3.7 mi
Historic sites
- Clough Castle: 4.0 mi
- Castlewellan Castle: 4.3 mi
- Tea House: 4.3 mi
- Ice House: 4.4 mi
- Moorish Tower: 5.1 mi
Cliffs: 50
- Nerwcastle Beach Bouldering: 2.6 mi
- Eagle Rock: 4.2 mi
- The Castles: 4.9 mi
- Spinkanee: 5.0 mi
- Annalong Buttress: 5.3 mi
Gardens: 40
- Tollymore Arboretum: 3.4 mi
- Spring Garden: 4.1 mi
- The Annesley Garden: 4.1 mi
- Scented Garden: 4.2 mi
- Winter Garden: 4.2 mi
Attractions: 29
- Mount Panther Farm Park: 2.9 mi
- The Starks Find Direwolf Pups: 3.8 mi
- The Wildling Pit: 4.2 mi
- The King in the North: 8.7 mi
- St Patrick's Chair: 9.5 mi
Picnic sites: 26
- Dundrum Inner Bay: 0.8 mi
- Greenbanks picnic site: 1.6 mi
- Dundrum Boat Park: 1.9 mi
- Widow's Row Car Park: 2.1 mi
- Clough Picnic Site: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves: 17
- Murlough Nature Reserve: 0.2 mi
- Murlough National Nature Reserve: 0.7 mi
- Tollymore Forest Park Entrance: 2.6 mi
- Hollymount Forest nature reserve: 7.3 mi
- Bohill Nature Reserve: 7.4 mi
Springs: 12
- St Patrick's Well: 2.8 mi
- St. Patrick's Wells: 9.6 mi
- St. Patrick's Wells: 9.6 mi
- Toberasool: 9.9 mi
- Mearing Well: 10.3 mi
Museums: 10
- Carriage Gallery: 8.3 mi
- St. Patricks Visitor Centre: 8.5 mi
- Down County Museum: 8.5 mi
- Greenore Railway Museum: 17.9 mi
- Newry and Mourne Museum: 19.7 mi
Beaches: 6
- Tyrella Beach: 5.1 mi
- Rossglass Beach: 7.0 mi
- Gilpin Harbour: 13.2 mi
- Mill Quarter Beach: 14.1 mi
- Kilclief Beach: 14.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Black Stairs: 3.6 mi
- Stepping Stones: 16.5 mi
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Twelve Arches Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Donard | SSW 212° | 849 m | 4.6 mi |
| Slieve Commedagh | SW 223° | 767 m | 4.5 mi |
| Slieve Binnian | SW 216° | 745.9 m | 8.1 mi |
| Slieve Bearnagh | SW 235° | 739 m | 6.3 mi |
| Slievelamagan | SW 221° | 702.2 m | 6.4 mi |
| Slieve Meelbeg | WSW 238° | 701.9 m | 7.0 mi |
| Slieve Meelmore | WSW 240° | 687 m | 6.5 mi |
| Slieve Bearnagh North Tor | SW 235° | 680 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:27 | 17:49 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 21:02 | 22:02 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:38 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 08:43 | 14:51 | 16:02 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
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