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Mary's Well

Mary's Well, seen from above at true elevation

Mary's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 75 m. Caherbarnagh stands 681 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Flooded buildings, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 15 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates51.89786, -8.68603

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Flooded buildings: 0.4 mi
  • Noel Hackett: 0.5 mi
  • Bob Adams: 0.5 mi
  • Hugh Maguire: 2.2 mi
  • Kilcrea Castle: 2.7 mi
Springs
Peaks
  • Grange Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Knockshanawee: 5.0 mi
  • Knocknagreenan: 7.9 mi
  • Uctough: 8.8 mi
  • Lyradane Mountain: 9.2 mi
Parks
  • Ballincollig Regional Park: 3.5 mi
  • Coachford Greenway (Entrance): 4.2 mi
  • Wood Entrance at Ann Road: 4.7 mi
  • Wood Walk Entrance: 5.0 mi
  • Lee Fields: 7.1 mi
Artworks: 57
Attractions: 46
  • Fern Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Stone of Eloquence: 5.4 mi
  • Guard Tower: 5.4 mi
  • The Rock Close: 5.5 mi
  • The Seven Sisters: 5.5 mi
Beaches: 32
Gardens: 23
  • Poison Garden: 5.3 mi
  • The Square: 5.6 mi
  • Zen Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Shandon Community Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Cork Rooftop Farm: 8.9 mi
Museums: 21
Picnic sites: 6
  • Clogheenmilcon Nature Reserve Blarney End: 6.5 mi
  • Clogheenmilcon Nature Reserve Killeens End: 7.0 mi
  • Innishannon Woods: 9.3 mi
  • Kilmurry Woods: 9.5 mi
  • Ballinadee Millenium Project: 13.2 mi
Nature reserves: 5
  • Clogheenmilcon Sanctuary: 6.4 mi
  • Loughbeg Bird Reserve: 16.6 mi
  • Irish National Forestry Foundation: 17.8 mi
  • Cuskinny Marsh Bird Sanctuary: 18.0 mi
  • Port Ban Nature Reserve, Irish Wildlife Trust: 18.2 mi
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 2
  • Mullinhassig Waterfall: 6.7 mi
  • Power’s Bridge: 17.4 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Mary's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
CaherbarnaghWNW 294°681 m22.9 mi
Caherbarnagh NW TopWNW 294°668 m23.2 mi
MullaghanishWNW 287°649 m20.3 mi
MusheramoreWNW 303°642.7 m14.8 mi
KnocknagowanWNW 290°574 m22.7 mi
Mullaghanish Far North-East TopWNW 289°558.5 m19.3 mi
Caherbarnagh East TopWNW 296°549 m21.9 mi
MusherabegWNW 298°498.8 m15.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0318:47
June solstice05:1621:0421:59
September equinox07:2118:5119:36
December solstice08:4115:2316:26

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Cinnabar moth7 obs
  • Speckled Wood7 obs
  • Large Yellow Underwing6 obs
  • Common Blue Damselfly6 obs
  • Red Admiral5 obs
  • Large White5 obs
  • European black elderberry5 obs
  • common hawthorn4 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/13746703628

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