Ireland Ferris wheel
Wheel of Dublin
You can see 95 km from here, looking north.
Calculating the panorama…
Drag to turn around. The relief is drawn 2.2 times taller so the ridges can be read; far ridges are paler, as in the real air.
The view
Up to 95 km away.
Calculated on the relief one degree at a time, up to 250 km, with the curvature of the Earth and the refraction of the air: what stands above the horizon from here.
Our own rating, from the relief and the climate only: open horizon (35 points), how far you see (25), sea and named peaks in view (20) and clear months (20).
- 95 kmFarthest ridgelooking north
- 99%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
- 19%Seaof the circle where the horizon is the sea
- 70Peaks in viewnamed summits that rise above the relief in front
- 6 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint
The 70 peaks you can name from here
From west to east as you turn around: height, distance and direction. Each one links to its guide on Peakyas, our mountain atlas.
From the relief only: buildings, trees and haze are not in the model. On a hazy day you see much less; 250 km is the limit of our calculation.
The sun
The best sunsets are from March to May and in November.
When the sun really disappears from this viewpoint — behind the relief or into the sea — and in which direction, on the 15th of each month, in local time.
- Jansouth-west16 min before the sea-level sunset22%
- Febwest8 min before the sea-level sunset24%
- Marwest6 min before the sea-level sunset26%
- Aprwest8 min before the sea-level sunset27%
- Maynorth-west8 min before the sea-level sunset27%
- Junnorth-west8 min before the sea-level sunset24%
- Julnorth-west10 min before the sea-level sunset22%
- Augnorth-west8 min before the sea-level sunset22%
- Sepwest6 min before the sea-level sunset26%
- Octwest6 min before the sea-level sunset26%
- Novsouth-west12 min before the sea-level sunset27%
- Decsouth-west16 min before the sea-level sunset24%
- Time: when the sun goes behind the horizon you see from here.
- Minutes: how much earlier the relief hides the sun.
- %: share of clear sky that month (NASA, 2001–2020).
The highlighted months are the clearest. Golden hour starts about an hour before.
The place
Wheel of Dublin.
Wheel of Dublin is a Ferris wheel in Ireland.
On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 95 km away, looking north.
The sea fills 19% of the horizon.
70 named peaks rise above the relief in front; the most prominent is Snowdon (1,085 m), 147 km away.
The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 99% of the circle.
The skies are clearest from March to May and in November.
Get there and stay
- Going upCheck the opening hours before you go: towers and decks close in bad weather.
- The Lombard Townhouseplace to stay · 1.5 km · 375 within 10 km
- Ringsendnearest town · 0.6 km in a straight linePlaces to stay in RingsendBooking.com · sponsored link↗
- Dublin Airport (DUB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 9 km in a straight lineCar hire at DUB airport (Dublin)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided tour, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The viewpoint and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the viewpoint, with what OpenStreetMap shows nearby.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 6other viewpoints within 5 kmFormer swimming area and 5 more
- 4marked trails within 3 kmEuropean long distance path E8 - part Ireland, The Royal Canal Way, Icon Walk and 1 more
- 143shelters and huts within 5 km
- 1,279car parks within 3 km
- 12visitor centres within 5 kmDiscover Ireland Centre, Irish Rail Information, Dublin Visitors Centre and 9 more
- 1,004restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 375places to stay within 10 kmThe Lombard Townhouse, Clifton Court Hotel, Cliff Town House and 372 more
- named peaks within 5 km
- cable car and funicular stations within 5 km
- campsites within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
What you see from Wheel of Dublin, and what is near.
Everything around this viewpoint — mountains, water, forests, birds, caves and the night sky — in the family's atlases.
Peakyas43 mountains within 25 km
Birdyas3 birding sites within 25 kmFigures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap, GBIF). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The view, as people saw it.
Other viewpoints nearby.
Wheel of Dublin
Ireland
- 73Viewyas Score
- 95 kmFarthest ridge
- 70Peaks in view
- 6 mAltitude
Snowdon
United Kingdom · 147 km
- 84Viewyas Score
- 213 kmFarthest ridge
- 556Peaks in view
- 1,051 mAltitude
Snaefell
Isle of Man · 154 km
- 85Viewyas Score
- 194 kmFarthest ridge
- 437Peaks in view
- 614 mAltitude
Clogwyn Du'r Arddu
United Kingdom · 145 km
- 80Viewyas Score
- 192 kmFarthest ridge
- 83Peaks in view
- 752 mAltitude
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q7992018) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Sun | J. Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms |
| Peaks in view | Peakyas (Wikidata, CC0) |
| Panorama and altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-90 / GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Clouds | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas, Coastya, Forestyas, Birdyas, Darkskyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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