Creg-ny-Baa

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Isle of Man TT Course
Creg-na-Baa
Creg-ny-Baa pub. restaurant and dining room
Coordinates: 54°12′25″N 4°28′01″W / 54.207, -4.467
OS grid ref.	SC391818
Parish	Onchan
Course distance	34.40 mi (55 km)
Preceded by	Kate's Cottage
Followed by	Gob-ny-Geay

Creg-na-Baa is a right-hand corner on the road junction of primary A18 road and secondary B12 'Creg-na-Baa Back-Road' in the parish of Onchan in the Isle of Man.

Creg-na-Baa is situated between the 35th Milestone and 36th Milestone on the A18 road. The word Creg-na-Baa [kreg no bæ:] is from Manx Gaelic meaning the "rock of the cow."^[1] The area is dominated by the Keppel Hotel or Creg-ny-Baa Public House.^[2]

The Creg-na-Baa corner was part of the Highland Course and Four Inch Course used for the Gordon Bennett Trial and Tourist Trophy automobile car races between 1904 and 1911. Also, Creg-na-Baa is part of the Mountain Course used since 1911 for the Isle of Man TT and Manx Grand Prix Races.

To facilitate racing on the Clypse Course for the 1954 Isle of Man TT Races, during the winter of 1953/54 road widening occurred on the Mountain Course at Creg-na-Baa along with Signpost Corner, Cronk-ny-Mona and the approach to Governor's Bridge.^[3]

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Snaefell Mountain Course

TT Grandstand - St Ninian's Crossroads - Bray Hill - Quarterbridge - Braddan Bridge - Union Mills - Ballahutchin Hill - Glenlough - Ballagarey Corner - Glen Vine - Crosby Cross-Roads - Highlander - Greeba Castle - Appledene - Greeba Bridge - Gorse Lea - Ballagarraghyn - Ballacraine - Ballaspur - Ballig - Doran's Bend - Laurel Bank - Black Dub - Glen Helen - Cronk Urleigh - Sarah's Cottage - Creg Willey's Hill - Lambfell Cottage - Cronk-y-Voddy - 11th Milestone - Handley's Corner - Barregarrow - 13th Milestone - Westwood Corner - Douglas Road Corner - Rhencullen - Birkin's Bends - Bishopscourt - Orrisdale North - Dub Cottage - Alpine Cottage - Ballaugh Bridge - Ballacrye Corner - Quarry Bends - Sulby Straight - Sulby Bridge - Ginger Hall - Kerrowmoar - Glen Duff - Glentramman - Churchtown - Lezayre War Memorial - Sky Hill - Milntown Cottage - Gardener's Lane - School House Corner - Parliament Square - Cruickshanks Corner - Whitegates - Stella Maris - Ramsey Hairpin - Water Works Corner - Tower Bends - Gooseneck - 26th Milestone - Guthrie's Memorial - Mountain Mile - East Mountain Gate - Mountain Box - George's Folly - Stonebreakers Hut - Verandah - Bungalow Bridge - Bungalow - Hailwood Rise - Brandywell - 32nd Milestone - Windy Corner - 33rd Milestone - Clark's Corner - Keppel Gate - Kate's Cottage - Creg-ny-Baa - Gob-ny-Geay - Brandish Corner - Hillberry Corner - Cronk-ny-Mona - Signpost Corner - Bedstead Corner - The Nook - Governor's Bridge