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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 82 m. Lugnaquilla stands 925 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Moone Park, a park 1.4 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates52.96323, -6.84433

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Moone Park: 1.4 mi
  • Castledermot Playground: 3.5 mi
  • People's Park: 5.9 mi
  • Wynne Park: 8.4 mi
  • Heatherfield Court Garden: 8.7 mi
Springs
  • St Columbkille's Well: 1.5 mi
  • St Thomas' Well: 4.9 mi
  • Sunday Well: 6.8 mi
  • Saint Nicholas's Well: 8.4 mi
  • St Patrick's Well: 8.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Killelan Abbey: 1.7 mi
  • Cottage ruin: 2.4 mi
  • Lorcán Ó Tuathail: 2.5 mi
  • Romanesque Arch: 3.7 mi
  • Proclamation: 3.7 mi
Peaks
Artworks: 46
Attractions: 29
Gardens: 19
Cliffs: 10
  • North Prison: 15.5 mi
  • South Prison: 15.9 mi
  • Goat Bench: 16.0 mi
  • Great Gully Ridge: 16.8 mi
  • Abseil: 16.8 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Moore Abbey Wood: 14.3 mi
  • Newbridge Town Park: 15.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
  • Emo Court picnic area: 17.8 mi
  • Carrick Woods: 18.9 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Poulaphuca Waterfall: 15.2 mi
  • Ballinafunshoge Waterfall: 18.9 mi
  • Carrawaystick Waterfall: 19.0 mi
  • Rock of Foyle: 19.0 mi
  • Coolalingo: 20.6 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Beaches: 1
  • Coon Beach: 24.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Saint Patrick's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
LugnaquillaE 89°924.7 m15.8 mi
SlievemaanE 91°759.7 m14.9 mi
CamenabologueE 79°758 m15.6 mi
Table MountainENE 76°701.7 m15.5 mi
LybaghE 94°682.6 m15.3 mi
Keadeen MountainE 94°653 m11.0 mi
Ballineddan MountainE 91°652.3 m14.0 mi
CarrigENE 72°650.3 m15.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3117:5518:40
June solstice05:0221:0121:58
September equinox07:1418:4319:29
December solstice08:3915:0716:13

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Large Emerald1 obs
  • Speckled Wood1 obs
  • Common Carder Bumble Bee1 obs
  • Brimstone Moth1 obs
  • Poplar Hawkmoth1 obs
  • Common Kidney-Vetch1 obs
  • Coxcomb Prominent1 obs
  • Golden Dung Fly1 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/9307502723

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