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Saint Andrew's Well

Saint Andrew's Well, seen from above at true elevation

Saint Andrew's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 148 m. Mount Leinster stands 794 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Ballyfoyle Active Retirement Garden, a garden 0.6 miles away.

used to be marked by a cross

How to reach it

Coordinates52.73058, -7.22729

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
  • Purcell's Kill: 1.5 mi
  • Nale's Hill: 5.9 mi
  • Castle Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Knockanbawn: 6.3 mi
  • Ballynalacken Hill: 7.1 mi
Springs
Artworks
Parks: 52
  • Kilkenny Countryside Park: 3.0 mi
  • Richmond swimming area: 3.7 mi
  • Pococke Park: 4.5 mi
  • Nore Linear Park: 4.7 mi
  • Peace Park: 5.2 mi
Attractions: 37
Gardens: 27
Museums: 23
Picnic sites: 3
  • Castle View: 15.0 mi
  • Kilbrannish Forrest Picnic Site: 20.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Cliffs: 2
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 11.0 mi
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 11.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock of Foyle: 4.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Saint Andrew's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LeinsterESE 112°794.4 m20.3 mi
KnockroeESE 117°538.77 m20.6 mi
SlievebawnESE 110°524.8 m18.6 mi
Brandon HillSE 145°515 m18.6 mi
CroaghaunESE 103°455.5 m19.8 mi
CroghanSE 144°365 m14.7 mi
CoppanaghSSE 149°365 m15.4 mi
Clomantagh HillW 273°349 m11.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3317:5618:42
June solstice05:0521:0121:58
September equinox07:1518:4519:30
December solstice08:3915:1116:16

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Hart's-tongue fern2 obs
  • Mute Swan1 obs
  • Eurasian Otter1 obs
  • gorse1 obs
  • European mountain ash1 obs
  • sycamore maple1 obs
  • Sweet Chestnut1 obs
  • Marsh Thistle1 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/8554539057

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