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St. Catherine's Well

St. Catherine's Well, seen from above at true elevation

St. Catherine's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 50 m. Mount Leinster stands 794 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Catherine's Chapel, a historic site 0.3 miles away. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates52.28864, -6.78507

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Saint Catherine's Chapel: 0.3 mi
  • Church: 1.0 mi
  • Taylorstown Castle: 1.2 mi
  • Church (In Ruins): 1.5 mi
  • Boley Castle: 2.0 mi
Springs
  • Betty's Well: 0.7 mi
  • St. Edan's Well: 0.9 mi
  • Saint John's Well: 1.9 mi
  • Lady's Well: 2.0 mi
  • Lady's Well: 2.1 mi
Peaks: 60
Artworks
  • Sands Of Time: 7.8 mi
  • Small Things Like These: 10.0 mi
  • The Emigrant Flame: 10.0 mi
  • JFK Podium: 10.0 mi
  • Grieving figures: 11.4 mi
Attractions: 43
Parks: 39
  • Foulksmills Park: 2.3 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 8.5 mi
  • Beach Lost and Found Point: 8.6 mi
  • Dobbyn's Field: 8.9 mi
  • Library Park: 9.9 mi
Beaches: 36
  • Blackhall Strand: 5.4 mi
  • Cullenstown Strand: 5.7 mi
  • Grange Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Duncannon: 7.8 mi
  • Arthurstown Beach: 7.8 mi
Gardens: 23
Museums: 14
Nature reserves: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
  • Castle View: 21.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Carricjmore Cliff: 7.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LeinsterN 0°794.4 m22.8 mi
Blackstairs MountainN 357°732.1 m18.0 mi
Moats of CraanN 3°656.5 m22.9 mi
Black Rock MountainN 6°599.6 m22.9 mi
KnockroeN 359°538.77 m21.0 mi
SlievebawnN 358°524.8 m24.2 mi
Brandon HillNNW 333°515 m17.2 mi
White MountainN 351°509 m15.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3117:5518:40
June solstice05:0620:5821:53
September equinox07:1318:4319:28
December solstice08:3515:1316:17

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • common poppy1 obs
  • Stinking hellebore1 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/12396853489

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