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St Barbara's Well

St Barbara's Well, seen from above at true elevation

St Barbara's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 94 m. Nephin stands 806 m to the west-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Toberaraght, a spring 0.1 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 9.5 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates54.06927, -8.90151

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Springs: 57
Peaks: 47
  • Knockasliggaun: 2.7 mi
  • Largan Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Cloonacool: 4.7 mi
  • Meenamaddo: 5.2 mi
  • Sruffaungarve Top: 6.4 mi
Parks: 19
  • Swinford Amenity Park: 9.3 mi
  • Castle Fields: 12.6 mi
  • Easkey Abbey: 15.2 mi
  • The Inter Communication Park: 16.3 mi
  • Fairgreen: 18.4 mi
Attractions: 18
  • Hennigan's Heritage Centre: 7.4 mi
  • Father Peyton Centre: 7.5 mi
  • Foxford Woollen Mills: 10.5 mi
  • Split Rock: 14.2 mi
  • Moyne Abbey: 14.4 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Enniscrone Beach: 12.9 mi
  • Aughris Beach: 15.0 mi
  • Dunmoran Strand: 15.1 mi
  • Culleenamore: 17.6 mi
  • Rosses Point Beach: 21.2 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Grow It Yourself Ballina Community Garden: 10.3 mi
  • Walled Garden: 10.7 mi
  • Garden Rest Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
  • Kitchen Garden: 17.6 mi
  • Hospital Garden: 22.2 mi
Museums: 6
Picnic sites: 2
  • Templeboy Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
  • Hazelwood: 23.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Pollatarrive: 23.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
NephinWSW 259°806 m19.3 mi
BirreencorraghWSW 257°698 m24.5 mi
Birreencorragh South TopWSW 254°564 m24.8 mi
KnockalongyNNE 33°544 m10.4 mi
Knockalongy North-East TopNE 34°541 m10.9 mi
Knockalongy South-West TopNNE 32°521 m9.8 mi
KnockaffertaghWSW 256°517 m23.1 mi
AnnatoranNNE 30°512 m7.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0218:48
June solstice05:0321:1322:13
September equinox07:2218:5019:37
December solstice08:5415:0516:15

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Little Grebe1 obs
  • Common Gull1 obs
  • round-leaved sundew1 obs
  • common bracken1 obs
  • Globe Ball Lichen1 obs
  • common dog-violet1 obs
  • membranous pelt lichen1 obs
  • Marsh Lousewort1 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/13730895954

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