Spring · Ireland
St Catherine's Well
St Catherine's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the south-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Griffith Park, a park 0.1 miles away.
How to reach it
Coordinates53.37027, -6.26003
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Griffith Park: 0.1 mi
- Lemon's Park: 0.1 mi
- Our Lady's Park: 0.2 mi
- Our Lady's Park: 0.2 mi
- St Anne's Pocket Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks
- Grrrifith bark: 0.2 mi
- Blessed Virgin Mary: 0.2 mi
- Natures Eyes: 0.3 mi
- Ocean Flowers: 0.3 mi
- Peeping from the Primulas: 0.3 mi
Historic sites
- Percy Edwin Ludgate: 0.3 mi
- Memorial to Peadar Kearney 1883-1942: 0.7 mi
- Michael Collins: 0.7 mi
- Republican plot: 0.7 mi
- The O'Connell Tower: 0.7 mi
Springs
- Saint John's Well: 0.4 mi
- Saint Broc's Well: 3.4 mi
- St. Margaret's Well: 4.5 mi
- St. Doolagh's Well: 4.6 mi
- St Catherine's Well: 4.6 mi
Gardens
- Rose Garden: 0.4 mi
- Mill field: 0.5 mi
- Grass Garden: 0.5 mi
- Rockery: 0.6 mi
- Native plants: 0.6 mi
Attractions
- Reconstructed viking house: 0.5 mi
- National Botanic Gardens: 0.5 mi
- National Cemetery Visitor's Centre: 0.7 mi
- Kellogg's Skyline Tour: 0.7 mi
- St George's Chapel: 1.1 mi
Peaks
- Shielmartin Hill: 7.3 mi
- Telshaun Hill: 7.6 mi
- Ben of Howth: 7.9 mi
- Kilmashogue: 8.3 mi
- Three Rock Mountain: 8.6 mi
Museums: 55
- Gaelic Athletic Association Museum: 0.8 mi
- Dublin Writers Museum: 1.1 mi
- The James Joyce Centre: 1.1 mi
- 14 Henrietta Street museum: 1.3 mi
- GPO Museum: 1.4 mi
Beaches: 29
- Sandymount Strand: 3.2 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 3.6 mi
- Merrion Strand: 4.4 mi
- Dollymount Strand: 4.7 mi
- Portmarnock Beach: 6.5 mi
Nature reserves: 21
- The Grove: 3.0 mi
- Booterstown Nature Reserve: 4.8 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 4.9 mi
- Bull Island Wildlife Only Area: 5.1 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 5.1 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Hawk Cliff: 9.7 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 9.7 mi
- Lover's Leap: 13.6 mi
- The Shaft: 15.0 mi
- Streaky Slab: 15.1 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Toni's: 3.0 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 9.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 12.3 mi
- BBQ Area: 15.2 mi
Waterfalls: 6
- Leixlip Spa Waterfall: 10.1 mi
- Powerscourt Waterfall: 15.6 mi
- Glenmacnass Waterfall: 21.4 mi
- Poulaphuca Waterfall: 22.0 mi
- Devil's Glen Waterfall: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of St Catherine's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kippure | SSW 193° | 757 m | 13.6 mi |
| Seefingan | SSW 201° | 722.9 m | 13.2 mi |
| Seahan | SSW 206° | 647.3 m | 11.7 mi |
| Tonduff | S 181° | 642 m | 14.4 mi |
| Seefin | SSW 204° | 620.6 m | 13.9 mi |
| Corrig Mountain | SSW 203° | 617.1 m | 11.7 mi |
| Tonduff East Top | S 179° | 593 m | 14.8 mi |
| Glendoo Mountain | S 187° | 585.094 m | 10.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 17:52 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 04:57 | 21:00 | 21:58 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:40 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 08:39 | 15:01 | 16:09 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
- European Herring Gull671 obs
- Eurasian Magpie327 obs
- Rock Pigeon228 obs
- Grey Heron213 obs
- Mute Swan181 obs
- Hooded Crow170 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel156 obs
- Mallard145 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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