Spring · Ireland
Tober Altan
Tober Altan is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 119 m. Seefin stands 252 m to the north, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Beagh Glebe, a peak 0.9 miles away.
How to reach it
Coordinates53.88162, -7.07594
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Beagh Glebe: 0.9 mi
- Black Rock: 1.2 mi
- Cargagh: 1.4 mi
- Annagharnet: 1.4 mi
- Lisgrea: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
- Birthplace of General Philip Sheridan: 1.2 mi
- Veterans of WWI: 1.2 mi
- The Great Famine: 2.7 mi
- Roll of Honour: 3.2 mi
- Virginia Handball Club: 3.2 mi
Springs
- Toberpatrick: 3.1 mi
- Toberpatrick: 3.3 mi
- Toberpatrick: 3.3 mi
- Saint Patrick's Well: 5.0 mi
- St. Patrick's Well: 7.6 mi
Parks: 57
- Virginia lakeshore: 3.5 mi
- Lake View: 4.7 mi
- Nuns' Walk: 5.1 mi
- Percy French Park: 5.6 mi
- Munterconnaught Community Garden: 6.2 mi
Artworks: 43
- Pledge of the Metalmen: 5.0 mi
- Walk the Walk: 5.1 mi
- Virgin Mary: 5.1 mi
- Our World: 5.2 mi
- Percy French: 5.5 mi
Attractions: 39
- Loughcrew Megalithic Tombs: 9.6 mi
- Saint Oliver Plunkett's Church and Tower House: 10.6 mi
- Zip Wire: 10.6 mi
- Zip Wire: 10.6 mi
- Kells Round Tower: 13.3 mi
Gardens: 17
- Virginia Community Garden: 3.1 mi
- The Holistic Gardens: 8.9 mi
- Rectory Garden: 9.3 mi
- Loughcrew Gardens: 10.6 mi
- Walled Garden: 11.9 mi
Museums: 7
- The Bailieborough Bridewell: 4.9 mi
- The GPO Exhibition: 5.1 mi
- Cavan County Museum: 5.2 mi
- Moynalty Steam Threshing Museum: 10.0 mi
- Belturbet Heritage Railway Station Museum: 21.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Mullaghmeen Forest: 12.2 mi
- Green Lough Crannóg: 13.3 mi
Nature reserves: 2
- Native Woodland Trust: Girley Bog Reserve: 15.8 mi
- Ballybay Wetland Centre: 17.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Rock of Curry: 14.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Creamery Waterfall: 15.3 mi
Beaches: 1
- Annagh Lough Beach: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.6 miles of Tober Altan. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seefin | N 350° | 252 m | 4.0 mi |
| Aghalion Hill | WSW 237° | 249 m | 4.3 mi |
| Greaghettiagh | NNW 348° | 246 m | 5.5 mi |
| Carn | WSW 250° | 237 m | 4.9 mi |
| Carnalynch | ENE 70° | 236 m | 3.0 mi |
| Legland | N 356° | 223 m | 4.9 mi |
| Carrickgorman | ENE 78° | 218 m | 2.1 mi |
| Drumnaveagh | NW 312° | 218 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 17:55 | 18:41 |
| June solstice | 04:57 | 21:05 | 22:04 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:43 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 08:45 | 14:59 | 16:09 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
- Red Fox1 obs
- Greater White-toothed Shrew1 obs
- Painted Lady1 obs
- Cinnabar moth1 obs
- common selfheal1 obs
- Lesser hop trefoil1 obs
- Small Tortoiseshell1 obs
- Herb Robert1 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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