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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 116 m. Mount Leinster stands 794 m to the south, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Scratoe, a peak 0.7 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates52.68496, -6.78053

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Springs
Artworks
Parks: 48
  • Soccer pitch (The Pavillion): 5.3 mi
  • The Fair Green: 7.6 mi
  • Oak Grove Millennium Park: 8.7 mi
  • Vivaldi Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Garden of Remembrance: 9.0 mi
Gardens: 24
Beaches: 5
  • Duffcarrig Rocks Beach: 23.8 mi
  • Short Strand Beach: 24.5 mi
  • Roney Point Beach: 24.6 mi
  • Roney Point Beach: 24.6 mi
  • Donaghmore Beach: 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Kilbrannish Forrest Picnic Site: 2.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
  • Castle View: 18.3 mi
  • Courtown Woods Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • South Prison: 23.5 mi
  • North Prison: 23.5 mi
  • Goat Bench: 23.5 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock of Foyle: 18.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of St Bridget's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LeinsterS 180°794.4 m4.6 mi
Blackstairs MountainS 186°732.1 m9.4 mi
Moats of CraanSSE 166°656.5 m4.6 mi
Black Rock MountainSSE 155°599.6 m5.1 mi
KnockroeS 184°538.77 m6.4 mi
SlievebawnSSW 201°524.8 m3.4 mi
Brandon HillSW 214°515 m14.6 mi
White MountainSSW 192°509 m12.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3117:5518:40
June solstice05:0420:5921:56
September equinox07:1318:4319:28
December solstice08:3715:0916:14

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Eurasian Collared-Dove1 obs
  • bird's-foot trefoil1 obs
  • Common Shiny Woodlouse1 obs
  • common yarrow1 obs
  • Bull Thistle1 obs
  • purple foxglove1 obs
  • Lawn daisy1 obs
  • oxeye daisy1 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/13720945405

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