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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 55 m. Knockmealdown stands 792 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Templemichael Castle, a historic site 1.0 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates51.98704, -7.86060

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
  • Carronadavderg: 5.9 mi
  • Dromona Hill: 7.8 mi
  • Salt Hill: 9.5 mi
  • Tallow Hill: 10.1 mi
  • Black Hill: 11.5 mi
Parks: 38
  • Millenium Park: 1.8 mi
  • Reflection Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Green Park: 2.9 mi
  • Lismore Townpark: 10.8 mi
  • Picnic area: 10.9 mi
Springs: 33
Attractions: 25
Beaches: 23
  • Caliso Bay: 3.9 mi
  • Whiting Bay: 4.3 mi
  • Goat Island beach: 5.2 mi
  • Glenawilling Beach: 7.6 mi
  • Ballycroneen Beach: 16.4 mi
Gardens: 11
  • The College Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Sandyhill Kitchen Garden: 6.7 mi
  • north walled garden: 10.4 mi
  • Castle Garden: 11.0 mi
  • Lismore Castle Formal Garden: 11.0 mi
Museums: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Mocollop Picnic Site: 15.1 mi
  • Life Space Park: 16.9 mi
  • Rostellen Woods picnic area: 17.1 mi
  • Glansheskin Forest Recreation Area: 21.0 mi
Nature reserves: 3
  • Kildanogue wildfowl sanctuary and nature reserve: 19.2 mi
  • Cuskinny Marsh Bird Sanctuary: 19.4 mi
  • Loughbeg Bird Reserve: 23.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Ballard Waterfall: 21.3 mi
  • Mahon Falls: 21.6 mi
  • The Prison Waterfall: 24.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Mahon Valley: 20.5 mi
  • Mahon Valley: 21.6 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of St Bridget's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KnockmealdownN 352°792.4 m16.8 mi
KnockmoylanN 352°767.1 m17.4 mi
CoumfeaNE 35°741.9 m21.4 mi
SeefinNE 35°725.592 m19.1 mi
Coumfea West TopNNE 34°711 m20.7 mi
KnocknafalliaN 360°666.5 m16.1 mi
Sugarloaf HillN 349°662.7 m18.2 mi
KnocknagnauvN 357°655.1 m16.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3518:0018:44
June solstice05:1221:0121:56
September equinox07:1818:4819:32
December solstice08:3815:1916:22

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Eurasian Curlew2 obs
  • Eurasian Whimbrel2 obs
  • Great Cormorant2 obs
  • Grey Heron2 obs
  • Holm oak2 obs
  • Spurge-laurel2 obs
  • Hart's-tongue fern2 obs
  • Winter Heliotrope2 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/13635548340

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