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Saint Patrick's Well

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

Saint Patrick's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Baltinglass Hill stands 382 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Toberternoge, a spring 1.5 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates52.90946, -7.10498

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Toberternoge: 1.5 mi
  • Tobernacrow: 1.7 mi
  • Tobernataggart: 3.4 mi
  • St Abban's Well: 3.6 mi
  • Tobernasool: 3.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Site of Rathaspick Church (C of I): 2.0 mi
  • Tullamoy Castle (ruins): 3.9 mi
  • Ballylynan Windmill (ruins): 4.0 mi
  • Ballyadams Castle: 4.2 mi
  • Barrowhouse Ambush: 5.0 mi
Peaks
  • Turra Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Fossy Mountain: 3.7 mi
  • Fossy Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Jake's Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Cooper's Hill: 6.0 mi
Parks
  • Wynne Park: 3.5 mi
  • Killeshin Waterworks Amenity Park: 6.0 mi
  • People's Park: 7.7 mi
  • Castlecomer Discovery Park: 7.9 mi
  • Carlow Town Park: 8.6 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 35
Gardens: 22
Museums: 21
Picnic sites: 9
Nature reserves: 4
  • Newpark Marsh Park: 18.0 mi
  • Derryounce Lakes & Trails: 19.4 mi
  • Community Orchard: 22.0 mi
  • Pollardstown Fen Nature Reserve: 22.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock of Foyle: 9.2 mi
  • Clamp Hole Waterfall: 20.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 24.1 mi
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 24.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Saint Patrick's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baltinglass HillE 81°382 m17.7 mi
Ballyhook HillENE 71°340.3 m18.3 mi
Clogrennan HillSSE 149°336 m7.7 mi
Fossy MountainNW 312°332 m3.7 mi
Fossy HillWNW 303°323 m3.9 mi
Cullenagh MountainWNW 296°317 m7.1 mi
Knockmannon HillWSW 239°315 m16.2 mi
Ballynalacken HillSW 234°314 m9.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3217:5618:41
June solstice05:0421:0121:58
September equinox07:1518:4419:30
December solstice08:4015:0916:14

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Common Blue Damselfly3 obs
  • Square-spot Rustic2 obs
  • Fox Moth2 obs
  • Marsh Thistle2 obs
  • Lesser Yellow Underwing2 obs
  • European Common Frog1 obs
  • European Fallow Deer1 obs
  • European Wood Mouse1 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/8743720082

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