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Saint Fintan's Well

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

Saint Fintan's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Blackstairs Mountain stands 732 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Church, a historic site 0.1 miles away. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates52.24665, -6.51367

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Church: 0.1 mi
  • Windmill: 0.5 mi
  • Castle: 1.0 mi
  • Roman Catholic Church: 1.0 mi
  • Saint Catherine's Chapel: 1.1 mi
Springs
Artworks: 46
Peaks: 37
  • Skeater Rock: 4.5 mi
  • Carrickatinna Rock: 4.6 mi
  • Raven Rock: 5.1 mi
  • Clorane: 5.1 mi
  • Carrickadee: 5.2 mi
Beaches: 32
Attractions: 27
Parks: 22
  • The Rocks: 6.1 mi
  • Republican Garden of Rememberance: 6.8 mi
  • Redmond Memorial Park: 6.9 mi
  • The Irish National Heritage Park: 7.0 mi
  • Memorial Park: 7.5 mi
Gardens: 16
Museums: 7
Cliffs: 1
  • Carricjmore Cliff: 17.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • The Cahore Polders and Dunes: 23.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Saint Fintan's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blackstairs MountainNNW 330°732.1 m24.3 mi
White MountainNW 322°509 m22.7 mi
CarrigroeNW 325°495 m23.2 mi
Bran PoceaghNW 322°489 m22.7 mi
CarrigalachanNW 325°463 m23.9 mi
SlievebaunNNW 329°444 m23.2 mi
Ballycronigan RockNW 321°443 m22.6 mi
SlievecoiltiaWNW 290°322.2 m18.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3017:5418:39
June solstice05:0520:5621:52
September equinox07:1218:4219:27
December solstice08:3415:1216:16

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Eurasian Collared-Dove1 obs
  • Black-tailed Godwit1 obs
  • Eurasian Bullfinch1 obs
  • Greater White-toothed Shrew1 obs
  • Common Cockchafer1 obs
  • Creeping buttercup1 obs
  • Red Admiral1 obs
  • Germander Speedwell1 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.

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OpenStreetMap element node/3121236874

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