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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 53 m. Slieve Bawn stands 316 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Castlesampson, a historic site 3.5 miles away. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates53.39887, -8.02917
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Springs
Artworks: 43
  • Bust of Count John McCormack: 3.9 mi
  • River Shannon: 4.0 mi
  • Count John McCormack: 4.2 mi
  • Tired Pilgrim: 5.3 mi
  • Grainne Og: 12.0 mi
Peaks: 30
  • Sheep Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Split Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Fair Hill: 8.3 mi
  • Sugarloaf Hill: 8.6 mi
  • Endrim Hill: 10.0 mi
Parks: 21
  • Burgess Park: 4.1 mi
  • Ballinahown Playground and Park: 8.1 mi
  • Ferbane Bog Boardwalk: 11.7 mi
  • Green: 12.5 mi
  • Tuar Ard Public Park: 12.5 mi
Attractions: 18
Museums: 12
  • Athlone Music Museum: 4.2 mi
  • Clonmacnoise: 5.3 mi
  • Dún na Sí: 12.0 mi
  • Dún na Sí Heritage Centre: 12.0 mi
  • Battle of Aughrim Interpretative Centre: 13.7 mi
Gardens: 11
Picnic sites: 2
  • Angling Visitor Conference Center: 15.2 mi
  • Harbour Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
Nature reserves: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slieve BawnN 356°315.6 m22.2 mi
Hill of UisneachENE 72°235.5 m20.2 mi
Mount MaryNW 309°164 m19.0 mi
Church HillSSW 207°144 m21.9 mi
Redmond HillSSW 201°129 m13.0 mi
Sugarloaf HillSSW 193°62 m8.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3617:5918:45
June solstice05:0421:0722:05
September equinox07:1818:4719:33
December solstice08:4615:0816:15

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Wildlife nearby
  • common snowdrop1 obs
  • common bracken1 obs
  • common selfheal1 obs
  • common groundsel1 obs
  • Bell Heather1 obs
  • common ivy1 obs
  • nipplewort1 obs
  • bluebell1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/10304650879

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