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Carrick-a-Rede - National Trust

Carrick-a-Rede - National Trust

Whitepark Road, Ballintoy, BT54 6LS

Best time to visit

This car park for the nearby rope bridge makes for an excellent stargazing location.  Official Dark Sky Discovery Site with free 24 hour access.

Carrick-a-Rede - National Trust is a Dark Sky Discovery Site, an officially recognised place where anyone can stargaze. Most such locations have overnight parking (sometimes with a fee); however, many do not allow overnight camping. There may or may not be toilet facilities.

Location events organiser

National Trust

National Trust organises events at this location

Please contact National Trust directly with any enquiries relating to visiting this location

Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Twitter: @nationaltrust
Facebook: National Trust

Weather forecast

  • 25/01/22

    7° 6%

  • 25/01/22

    7° 9%

  • 26/01/22

    7° 5%

  • 26/01/22

    7° 4%

Weather forecast for Carrick-a-rede Rope Bridge (nt) (0.6 miles away) updated 25/01/22 at 04:00.

Local light pollution

Carrick-a-Rede - National Trust is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to adark site dark site location based on data from the VIIRS satellite.

The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.

Light pollution map of Carrick-a-Rede - National Trust

Best time to visit

The Moon has a big impact on the visibility of celestial bodies in the night sky. Try to plan your stargazing when there is no bright Moon at night as this is when the skies will be at their darkest.

The below chart shows when the skies will be at their darkest at this location and therefore the best time to visit. Moonlight is shown in light yellow and the Sun's twilight in light blue. Midnight on the date shown is shown as a white line with sunset to the left and sunrise the next morning to the right. A black background with stars shows the best times for stargazing. See our dark sky calendar for more details.

Tue 25th Jan

Third Quarter
56% illuminated
Dark from 18:12 to 02:14
Dark for 8h 1m

Wed 26th Jan

Third Quarter
45% illuminated
Dark from 18:14 to 03:46
Dark for 9h 31m

Thu 27th Jan

Third Quarter
34% illuminated
Dark from 18:16 to 05:18
Dark for 11h 1m

Fri 28th Jan

Waning Crescent
24% illuminated
Dark from 18:18 to 06:44
Dark for 12h 25m

Sat 29th Jan

Waning Crescent
14% illuminated
Dark from 18:19 to 06:55
Dark for 12h 35m

Sun 30th Jan

Waning Crescent
7% illuminated
Dark from 18:21 to 06:54
Dark for 12h 32m

Mon 31st Jan

New Moon
2% illuminated
Dark from 18:23 to 06:52
Dark for 12h 28m

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If you are planning to visit this location check our dark sky calendar to find out when is best!

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