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Bride's Well

Bride's Well, seen from above at true elevation

Bride's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 44 m. Nephin stands 806 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Rathroe Castle, a historic site 1.5 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 3.3 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates54.20489, -9.35570

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites: 54
  • Rathroe Castle: 1.5 mi
  • Mullafarry Old Church: 5.0 mi
  • Ballinteean Castle: 5.8 mi
  • Castlelacken: 5.9 mi
  • Rappa Castle: 6.1 mi
Springs: 19
  • Tobernasool: 4.8 mi
  • Tobercashleen: 4.9 mi
  • Tobermore: 7.7 mi
  • Tobergalias: 7.7 mi
  • St Cummins Well: 7.7 mi
Attractions: 12
Parks: 9
  • The Inter Communication Park: 5.7 mi
  • Castle Fields: 10.8 mi
  • Easkey Abbey: 16.9 mi
  • Canon Kileen Park: 23.5 mi
  • Princess Grace Park: 23.5 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Kitchen Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Walled Garden: 10.3 mi
  • Grow It Yourself Ballina Community Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Hospital Garden: 24.5 mi
  • Green Campus Garden: 24.7 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Enniscrone Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Glengad Beach: 19.4 mi
  • Portnacully Beach: 23.1 mi
  • Trá na Sraithe: 24.1 mi
  • Aughris Beach: 24.7 mi
Museums: 3
Cliffs: 2
  • Blowhole: 7.9 mi
  • Pollatarrive: 7.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Templeboy Picnic Area: 21.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Bride's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
NephinS 182°806 m13.3 mi
Slieve CarrSW 232°721 m15.5 mi
CorranabinniaSW 218°716 m20.9 mi
BirreencorraghSSW 199°698 m16.1 mi
Corranabinnia SW TopSW 218°687 m21.4 mi
GlennamongSW 220°628 m19.2 mi
Nephin BegSW 223°627 m16.3 mi
BuckooghSSW 203°588 m18.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4118:0318:50
June solstice05:0421:1622:16
September equinox07:2318:5219:39
December solstice08:5615:0516:16

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Lesser butterfly-orchid1 obs
  • Sedge Darner1 obs
  • Drinker Moth1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/11949893765

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