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Saint Helen's Well

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

Saint Helen's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Blackstairs Mountain stands 732 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Killiane Castle, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates52.29162, -6.44791

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Springs
Artworks: 46
Peaks: 40
  • Carrickadee: 5.1 mi
  • Forth Mountain: 5.1 mi
  • Clorane: 5.3 mi
  • Carrickshinna Rock: 5.4 mi
  • Drooping Rock: 5.4 mi
Beaches: 36
Attractions: 27
Parks: 18
  • The Rocks: 2.6 mi
  • Republican Garden of Rememberance: 3.6 mi
  • Redmond Memorial Park: 3.7 mi
  • The Irish National Heritage Park: 4.8 mi
  • Memorial Park: 5.5 mi
Gardens: 15
Museums: 8
Nature reserves: 1
  • The Cahore Polders and Dunes: 19.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Carricjmore Cliff: 20.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Area: 20.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blackstairs MountainNW 320°732.1 m23.3 mi
White MountainNW 312°509 m22.3 mi
CarrigroeNW 314°495 m22.6 mi
Bran PoceaghNW 311°489 m22.3 mi
CarrigalachanNW 315°463 m23.3 mi
SlievebaunNW 318°444 m22.3 mi
Ballycronigan RockNW 310°443 m22.3 mi
Clorogue BegNNW 329°378 m24.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3017:5418:38
June solstice05:0520:5621:52
September equinox07:1218:4219:27
December solstice08:3415:1116:15

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Common Chaffinch2 obs
  • Eurasian Blue Tit2 obs
  • Great Tit2 obs
  • Mute Swan1 obs
  • Eurasian Blackbird1 obs
  • Song Thrush1 obs
  • European Robin1 obs
  • House Sparrow1 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/3344790136

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