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Saint Gobnait's Holy Well

Saint Gobnait's Holy Well, seen from above at true elevation

Saint Gobnait's Holy Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 162 m. The Paps East stands 694 m to the northwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Gobnait, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Ring of Kerry passes 15 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates51.93738, -9.16599

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Cnoc na nUlán: 2.6 mi
  • Knockullane: 2.6 mi
  • Lackabaun: 3.1 mi
  • Carrigrathduff: 3.2 mi
  • Knocknamork: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
Springs: 43
Attractions: 36
  • Saint Finbar's Well: 9.4 mi
  • Bealick Mill: 9.9 mi
  • Hidden Valley Pet Farm: 11.4 mi
  • Michael J Quill Centre: 12.8 mi
  • Funmanway Adventure Land: 13.3 mi
Parks: 23
  • Áth Leacaigh: 2.3 mi
  • River Island Park: 7.0 mi
  • Stone garden: 15.4 mi
  • Maurice O'Donoghue Memorial Park: 16.4 mi
  • Coachford Greenway (Entrance): 16.5 mi
Artworks: 21
Museums: 10
Gardens: 8
Nature reserves: 5
Waterfalls: 5
Beaches: 4
Cliffs: 2
  • Clonavrick Cliff: 9.3 mi
  • Caoinkeen: 13.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Kilmurry Woods: 13.5 mi
  • Innishannon Woods: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Saint Gobnait's Holy Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
The Paps EastNW 323°694 m6.8 mi
The Paps WestNW 319°690 m7.1 mi
CaherbarnaghN 355°681 m6.5 mi
Caherbarnagh NW TopN 353°668 m6.8 mi
CrohaneWNW 292°650 m10.0 mi
MullaghanishNNE 17°649 m3.3 mi
MusheramoreENE 57°642.7 m9.6 mi
CarranWSW 238°604 m10.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4118:0518:49
June solstice05:1821:0622:01
September equinox07:2318:5319:38
December solstice08:4315:2516:28

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Wall Pennywort9 obs
  • maidenhair spleenwort3 obs
  • wood anemone3 obs
  • European beech2 obs
  • Herb Robert2 obs
  • common bilberry2 obs
  • Tunbridge filmy fern2 obs
  • Common Raven1 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/8241349516

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