Spring · Ireland
St. Catherine's Well
St. Catherine's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 49 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Church in Saint Catherine's, a historic site 0.2 miles away.
How to reach it
Coordinates53.36702, -6.47304
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Church in Saint Catherine's: 0.2 mi
- Guinness' Brewery: 0.6 mi
- Leixlip Monument: 0.7 mi
- Leixlip Castle: 0.8 mi
- Confey Castle (in ruins): 0.8 mi
Gardens
- The Walled Garden: 0.3 mi
- Mrs Behan's Garden: 2.3 mi
- Scoil Mochua Gardens: 3.4 mi
- Avondale Garden: 4.3 mi
- Cherry Orchard Community Garden: 4.3 mi
Parks
- Saint Catherine's Park: 0.3 mi
- Riverforest Bowl: 0.9 mi
- Vesey Park: 1.4 mi
- Airlie Park: 1.6 mi
- Tandy's Park: 1.8 mi
Attractions
- Lucan Demense: 0.4 mi
- Primrose Hill House & Garden: 1.3 mi
- The Summit Plummit: 1.3 mi
- The Summit Plummit: 1.3 mi
- The Raging River: 1.3 mi
Artworks
- Up Up and Away: 0.6 mi
- Strawberry Yields Forever: 1.2 mi
- Diversity: 1.5 mi
- School Days: 1.5 mi
- After the Storm: 1.5 mi
Springs
- The Covered Well: 0.9 mi
- Leixlip Spa - Spring: 1.4 mi
- Bride's Well: 3.4 mi
- Nun's Well: 3.7 mi
- Rag Well: 3.9 mi
Peaks
- Ash Hill: 3.4 mi
- Saint Patrick's Hill: 5.5 mi
- Athgoe Hill: 5.7 mi
- Lyons Hill: 5.9 mi
- Verschoyle's Hill: 7.5 mi
Museums: 59
- Berkeley Costume and Toy Collection: 2.6 mi
- National Science Museum: 5.2 mi
- The Steam Musem: 6.5 mi
- Richmond Barracks: 6.8 mi
- Kilmainham Jail Museum: 7.0 mi
Beaches: 28
- Sandymount Strand: 11.0 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 11.2 mi
- Merrion Strand: 11.6 mi
- Dollymount Strand: 13.5 mi
- Seapoint: 13.8 mi
Nature reserves: 22
- The Grove: 9.8 mi
- Wildflower Meadow: 10.7 mi
- Booterstown Nature Reserve: 11.9 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 12.0 mi
- Fitzsimon's Wood: 12.1 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Hawk Cliff: 16.9 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 16.9 mi
- Lover's Leap: 18.3 mi
- The Shaft: 20.8 mi
- Streaky Slab: 20.8 mi
Picnic sites: 9
- Toni's: 6.8 mi
- Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 7.1 mi
- Poplar Square: 12.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 16.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Leixlip Spa Waterfall: 1.4 mi
- Poulaphuca Waterfall: 17.8 mi
- Powerscourt Waterfall: 18.7 mi
- Glenmacnass Waterfall: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of St. Catherine's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kippure | SSE 156° | 757 m | 14.3 mi |
| Seefingan | SSE 161° | 722.9 m | 12.7 mi |
| Seahan | SSE 160° | 647.3 m | 11.0 mi |
| Tonduff | SSE 149° | 642 m | 16.6 mi |
| Seefin | SSE 165° | 620.6 m | 12.9 mi |
| Corrig Mountain | SSE 158° | 617.1 m | 11.4 mi |
| Sorrel Hill | S 175° | 599.5 m | 15.2 mi |
| Glendoo Mountain | SE 143° | 585.094 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:30 | 17:53 | 18:39 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 21:01 | 21:59 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:41 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 08:40 | 15:02 | 16:09 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
- European Robin17 obs
- Grey Heron11 obs
- Mallard10 obs
- Common Wood-Pigeon9 obs
- ivy broomrape9 obs
- Eurasian Blackbird7 obs
- European beech7 obs
- Long-tailed Tit6 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.
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