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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 86 m. Maghera stands 400 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is The Walks, a park 0.3 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 13 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates53.19985, -8.56054

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Springs
  • Lady's Well: 2.0 mi
  • St Dima's Well: 2.2 mi
  • Tobermacdruagh: 4.6 mi
  • Priest's Well: 4.7 mi
  • St Brendan's Wells: 5.8 mi
Peaks: 48
  • Caheranearl: 7.1 mi
  • Knockapollboy: 7.5 mi
  • Cashlaundrumlahan: 7.8 mi
  • Knocknavana: 8.6 mi
  • Knocknamona: 9.0 mi
Parks: 44
  • The Walks: 0.3 mi
  • The Long Point: 0.9 mi
  • Craughwell AC Athletics Park: 8.1 mi
  • Rahasane Turlough Special Conservation Area: 9.4 mi
  • Raeglas: 12.1 mi
Attractions: 29
Artworks: 19
Beaches: 10
Museums: 9
Gardens: 6
Cliffs: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • Blessed Well: 23.8 mi

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
MagheraSSW 202°400 m17.3 mi
Cappaghabaun MountainS 175°395 m16.2 mi
ScalpSSE 168°380 m14.5 mi
Cappaghabaun Mountain EastSSE 168°378 m15.5 mi
Turkenagh MountainS 175°360 m14.9 mi
CashlaundrumlahanSSW 198°358 m7.8 mi
SlievecarranWSW 249°326 m19.9 mi
Laghtea HillSSE 163°325 m24.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0118:47
June solstice05:0821:0822:06
September equinox07:2018:5019:35
December solstice08:4715:1216:19

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Cuckooflower11 obs
  • Ivy-leaved toadflax9 obs
  • wall-rue9 obs
  • Mallard8 obs
  • great stinging nettle8 obs
  • common silverweed8 obs
  • Bull Thistle7 obs
  • maidenhair spleenwort7 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/13732538706

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