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St. Bridget's Well

St. Bridget's Well, seen from above at true elevation

St. Bridget's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. Truskmore stands 647 m to the southeast, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Trawalua Strand, a beach 0.8 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 0.6 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates54.43028, -8.45812

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Unbaptised Children Monument: 1.7 mi
  • Classiebawn Castle: 1.8 mi
  • Ahamlish: 2.7 mi
  • Mullaghmore Signal Tower: 2.7 mi
  • Baryte Mill: 3.2 mi
Peaks
  • Benwiskin: 3.1 mi
  • Benwiskin South Top: 3.7 mi
  • Benbulbin: 4.6 mi
  • Tievebaun: 4.7 mi
  • Annacoona Top: 4.8 mi
Springs: 35
Attractions: 22
Beaches: 16
  • Trawalua Strand: 0.8 mi
  • Streedagh Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Bundoran beach: 8.1 mi
  • Rosses Point Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Ardtermon Strand: 9.7 mi
Parks: 16
  • Salmon Point: 10.7 mi
  • Greenfort Park: 10.7 mi
  • Seaview Park: 11.0 mi
  • Peace Park: 11.1 mi
  • Doorly Park: 11.2 mi
Artworks: 12
Museums: 7
Waterfalls: 6
Picnic sites: 5
  • Hazelwood: 12.0 mi
  • Fowley's Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Glenaniff Waterfall: 13.5 mi
  • Glenaniff Waterfall: 13.5 mi
  • Templeboy Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Doneen West: 6.1 mi
  • Carrane Hill: 22.3 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • RSPB Lower Lough Erne Islands: 19.6 mi
  • Moneen Boleybrack Mountain Special Area of Conservation: 23.2 mi
Gardens: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of St. Bridget's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
TruskmoreSE 138°647 m5.2 mi
Truskmore SE CairnSE 137°631 m5.5 mi
TievebaunESE 119°611 m4.7 mi
Annacoona TopSSE 161°597 m4.8 mi
BenbulbinS 188°526 m4.6 mi
Arroo MountainE 96°523 m8.1 mi
BenwiskinSSE 156°514 m3.1 mi
Benwiskin South TopSSE 164°508 m3.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0018:47
June solstice04:5921:1322:14
September equinox07:2018:4819:35
December solstice08:5414:5916:11

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • European Rabbit12 obs
  • Whooper Swan11 obs
  • Common Raven11 obs
  • Hooded Crow11 obs
  • European Common Frog10 obs
  • Common Darter10 obs
  • Common Loon9 obs
  • Common Ringed Plover9 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/13730802614

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