The Devil's Chimney
The Devil's Chimney is a waterfall, at a modelled elevation of 228 m. Truskmore stands 647 m to the north-northeast, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Mine, a historic site 1.0 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 4.4 miles off.
The story
Sruth in Aghaidh an Aird (Irish for "stream against the height"), is Ireland’s highest waterfall, with a height of 150 metres (492 ft). It is in the Dartry Mountains in the north-west of Ireland, marking part of the border between County Sligo and County Leitrim. It flows for around 200 days a year, from the southern side of the Darty Mountains plateau, into Glencar Lough. The waterfall's Irish name comes from the phenomenon where southerly winds sometimes blow the water backwards up and over the cliff edge. A public hiking trail has been established allowing access close to the base of the falls. The waterfall is a prominent landmark, visible for many miles, and it formerly marked the ancient boundary of the túath of Cairbre Drom Cliabh, now the boundary between counties Sligo and Leitrim.
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Wikidata Q48799765, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 150 m
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the Wild Atlantic Way, National
Overlooks nearby
- Yeats Memorial Building · 6 mi
- Fintra Bay Scenic Spot · 20 mi
- Slieve League · 23 mi
- Viewpoint Glengesh Valley · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mine: 1.0 mi
- Gleniff Barytes Mine: 1.0 mi
- Memorial Francis Finn: 1.1 mi
- Gleniff School Ruins: 1.9 mi
- Noble 6 Monument: 2.3 mi
- Dooneen South: 1.1 mi
- Dooneen East: 1.3 mi
- Annacoona Top: 1.6 mi
- Copes Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Truskmore SE Cairn: 2.0 mi
- St. Bridget's Well: 6.3 mi
- Lady's Well: 6.7 mi
- Tobernalt Holy Well: 7.5 mi
- Saint Patricks Well: 8.1 mi
- St Bridget's Well: 8.1 mi
- Grave of WB Yeats: 4.3 mi
- Drumcliff Graveyard: 4.4 mi
- Drumcliff Round Tower: 4.4 mi
- Model Niland Gallery: 6.0 mi
- Sligo Abbey: 6.1 mi
- Greenfort Park: 5.9 mi
- Salmon Point: 6.0 mi
- Doorly Park: 6.1 mi
- Peace Park: 6.4 mi
- Cleveragh Regional Park: 6.5 mi
- Trawalua Strand: 7.0 mi
- Streedagh Beach: 7.7 mi
- Rosses Point Beach: 7.7 mi
- Ardtermon Strand: 9.8 mi
- Bundoran beach: 10.4 mi
- Countess Markievicz: 4.1 mi
- Statue: 4.3 mi
- Salmon of Knowledge: 5.5 mi
- Suppose an Outcrop: 5.8 mi
- Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore: 6.3 mi
- Doneen West: 1.0 mi
- Carrane Hill: 16.0 mi
- Playgroud: 21.2 mi
- The Playground: 21.2 mi
- Carrignahasta: 21.7 mi
- Sligo Abbey: 6.2 mi
- Spanish Armada Interpretive Centre: 6.2 mi
- Heritage Centre: 14.3 mi
- Belleek Pottery Museum: 15.1 mi
- Arigna Mining Experience: 21.7 mi
- Glencar Waterfall: 1.1 mi
- Roogagh Waterfall: 13.3 mi
- Scardan Waterfall: 18.7 mi
- Blackslee waterfall: 22.8 mi
- Cascades Waterfall: 24.1 mi
- Hazelwood: 6.3 mi
- Fowley's Falls: 10.6 mi
- Glenaniff Waterfall: 10.7 mi
- Glenaniff Waterfall: 10.7 mi
- Templeboy Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
- Moneen Boleybrack Mountain Special Area of Conservation: 17.8 mi
- RSPB Lower Lough Erne Islands: 19.3 mi
- Hanging Rock and Rossaa Forest National Nature Reserve: 22.9 mi
- Moneensauran Cuilcagh Anierin Uplands Special Area of Conservation: 23.4 mi
- Peace Garden: 8.5 mi
- Walled Garden: 21.3 mi
- Marble Arch: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of The Devil's Chimney. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Truskmore | NNE 25° | 647 m | 2.0 mi |
| Truskmore SE Cairn | NNE 34° | 631 m | 2.0 mi |
| Tievebaun | NNE 23° | 611 m | 3.7 mi |
| Annacoona Top | NW 318° | 597 m | 1.6 mi |
| Benbulbin | WNW 290° | 526 m | 3.5 mi |
| Arroo Mountain | NE 49° | 523 m | 7.2 mi |
| Benwiskin | NNW 335° | 514 m | 3.2 mi |
| Benwiskin South Top | NW 323° | 508 m | 2.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:37 | 17:59 | 18:46 |
| June solstice | 04:59 | 21:13 | 22:13 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:48 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 08:53 | 15:00 | 16:11 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/570013273
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