War Hill
War Hill at 686 metres, is the 106th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 129th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. War Hill is in the far northeastern section of the Wicklow Mountains, in County Wicklow, Ireland.Photo: Joe King, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Djouce and Powerscourt Waterfall.
Djouce
Peak
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Djouce at 725 metres, is the 74th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 91st–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Djouce is situated in the northeastern section of the Wicklow Mountains, and dominates the views of the Wicklow Mountains from Roundwood to Newtownmountkennedy.
Powerscourt Waterfall
Waterfall
Photo: Draceane, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Powerscourt Waterfall is the second highest waterfall in Ireland at 121 metres high, it is located at the base of Glensoulan on the River Dargle near Enniskerry, County Wicklow.
Maulin
Peak
Photo: Schcambo, Public domain.
Maulin, at 570 metres, is the 272nd–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, however, being below 600 m it does not rank on the Vandeleur-Lynam or Hewitt scales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Enniskerry and Kilmacanogue.
Enniskerry
Enniskerry is a village in County Wicklow, best known for Powerscourt House, gardens and waterfall. It was created in the 1840s as a planned village for tenants of Powerscourt estate.
Kilmacanogue
Village
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Kilmacanogue, officially Kilmacanoge, is a village in north County Wicklow, Ireland. It is southwest of Bray and is overlooked by Great Sugar Loaf mountain. Kilmacanogue is situated 8 km east of War Hill.
Roundwood
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Roundwood is a small village in the hills of County Wicklow in Ireland, with a population in 2016 of 948. Its Irish name is An Tóchar, "the causeway" which probably refers to the approaches to the nearby monastic centre of Glendalough; but the main reason to be here is to hike its trails.
War Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 685 metres
- Description: mountain in Wicklow, Ireland
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: County Wicklow, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.14° or 53° 8′ 24″ northLongitude
-6.25396° or 6° 15′ 14″ westElevation
685 metres (2,247 feet)Open location code
9C5M4PRW+2COpenStreetMap ID
node 332372628OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“War Hill” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “War Hill (bukid sa Ireland)”
- Cebuano: “War Hill”
- Dutch: “War Hill”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل وار هيل”
- French: “War Hill”
- Irish: “Cnoc an Bhairr”
- Irish: “Cnoc an Bharda”
- Ladin: “War Hill”
- Swedish: “War Hill (berg i Irland)”
- Swedish: “War Hill”
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Highlights include The Coffin Stone and Glensoulan.
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