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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 26 m. Truskmore stands 647 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Lady Well, a spring less than a tenth of a mile away. Wild Atlantic Way runs past it.

How to reach it

Coordinates54.27302, -8.54954

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Knocknarea: 1.4 mi
  • Cloghnasogarth: 5.3 mi
  • Union Rock: 5.3 mi
  • Slieveward: 5.4 mi
  • Spink: 5.4 mi
Historic sites
Springs: 46
Attractions: 18
Parks: 15
  • Seaview Park: 1.7 mi
  • Mitchell Curley Park: 1.9 mi
  • Salmon Point: 2.9 mi
  • Peace Park: 2.9 mi
  • Greenfort Park: 3.3 mi
Beaches: 13
Artworks: 9
Museums: 6
Picnic sites: 5
  • Hazelwood: 5.1 mi
  • Templeboy Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
  • Fowley's Falls: 18.2 mi
  • Glenaniff Waterfall: 18.3 mi
  • Glenaniff Waterfall: 18.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
  • Doneen West: 9.2 mi
  • Carrane Hill: 15.8 mi
Gardens: 2
Nature reserves: 1
  • Moneen Boleybrack Mountain Special Area of Conservation: 22.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of St Bridget's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
TruskmoreNE 46°647 m10.0 mi
Truskmore SE CairnNE 47°631 m10.1 mi
TievebaunNE 42°611 m11.6 mi
Annacoona TopNE 39°597 m8.2 mi
KnockalongyWSW 237°544 m10.1 mi
Knockalongy North-East TopWSW 238°541 m9.6 mi
BenbulbinNNE 26°526 m7.0 mi
Arroo MountainNE 50°523 m15.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0018:47
June solstice05:0121:1322:13
September equinox07:2018:4919:36
December solstice08:5415:0116:12

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Herb Robert8 obs
  • Common Harebell8 obs
  • Hart's-tongue fern7 obs
  • Meadowsweet6 obs
  • common heather6 obs
  • sycamore maple5 obs
  • common hawthorn4 obs
  • gorse4 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/13730800987

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