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Saint Fionan's Well

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

Saint Fionan's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 94 m. Arderin stands 527 m to the southwest, 11 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates53.16137, -7.46912

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Historic sites
  • Ballynakill Castle (ruins): 2.2 mi
  • Brittas House: 3.2 mi
  • Mick the Miller: 3.7 mi
  • Castle Cuffe (ruins): 4.7 mi
  • 1916: 6.8 mi
Peaks
  • Red Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Antonian: 3.5 mi
  • Scrub Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Mac's Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Knockanastumba: 4.1 mi
Artworks
Parks: 54
  • Mountmellick playground: 6.7 mi
  • childrens playground: 6.7 mi
  • Charleville Castle Demesne: 7.3 mi
  • Lloyd Town Park: 7.7 mi
  • Millenium Square: 7.9 mi
Attractions: 22
Museums: 19
  • Clonaslee Heritage Centre: 2.4 mi
  • Old Warehouse: 8.1 mi
  • Lough Boora Sculpture Park: 11.5 mi
  • Locke's Distillery Museum: 14.4 mi
  • Lemanaghan National School: 14.6 mi
Gardens: 16
Picnic sites: 7
Nature reserves: 3
  • Derryounce Lakes & Trails: 11.5 mi
  • Ardan Wood: 13.7 mi
  • Community Orchard: 19.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Clamp Hole Waterfall: 3.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Saint Fionan's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
ArderinSW 223°527 m11.3 mi
Stillbrook HillSW 229°514 m9.3 mi
BaunreaghcongSSW 199°508.195 m5.7 mi
Wolftrap MountainSW 229°487 m6.5 mi
BarcamSW 226°484 m11.0 mi
Ridge of CapardS 190°482.088 m5.0 mi
Carroll's HillSW 232°482 m10.3 mi
FarbreagueSW 225°430 m13.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3417:5718:43
June solstice05:0321:0422:01
September equinox07:1618:4519:31
December solstice08:4315:0816:15

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Eurasian Blackbird2 obs
  • ground-ivy1 obs
  • Herb Robert1 obs
  • white campion1 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/9157685558

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