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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.3738,Lat: 53.966
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	19:48:49pm
Name province/region	Border Midland and Western
Name Subregion	Border
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Louth
Name	Haggardstown

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Dundalk	4.5 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Castlebellingham	7.7 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Louth	10.9 km	West
4 Inishkeen	14 km	WestNorthWest
5 Carlingford	14.8 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	71 km	South
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	76 km	NorthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	125 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Blackrock lies at the Irish Sea (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Neagh Bann. The nearest bigger lake is LoughMuckno (3.7 km² at a distance of 24.9 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Slieve Gullion with a height of 575 meter (at a distance of 17.6 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 10.4 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 15 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 64%, low location: 36%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Dublin Airport (at a distance of 61 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

26.9 km2

37.6%

Agriculture

30.2 km2

42.3%

Urban area

12.3 km2

17.3%

Infrastructure

1.1 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Blackrock in country Ireland

Blackrock at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne	Ireland	31 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	144 km	North
3 Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	166 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dundalk Bay SAC	IE	0.6 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Blackrock

Type of weather in Blackrock	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	16 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	06:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:24 Europe/Amsterdam