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Carrick-a-Rede - National Trust

Carrick-a-Rede - National Trust

Whitepark Road, Ballintoy, County Antrim, 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: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Twitter: @nationaltrust
Facebook: National Trust

Weather forecast

  • 09/08/22

    19° 4%

  • 09/08/22

    14° 1%

  • 10/08/22

    13° 0%

  • 10/08/22

    13° 13%

Weather forecast for Carrick-a-rede Rope Bridge (nt) (0.6 miles away) updated 09/08/22 at 20:00.

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 9th Aug

Waxing Gibbous
87% illuminated
Dark from 01:33 to 03:06
Dark for 1h 33m

Wed 10th Aug

Waxing Gibbous
94% illuminated
Dark from 03:05 to 03:09
Dark for 0h 4m

Thu 11th Aug

Full Moon
98% illuminated
NO DARKNESS

Fri 12th Aug

Full Moon
100% illuminated
NO DARKNESS

Sat 13th Aug

Full Moon
99% illuminated
NO DARKNESS

Sun 14th Aug

Waning Gibbous
95% illuminated
NO DARKNESS

Mon 15th Aug

Waning Gibbous
88% illuminated
NO DARKNESS

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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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