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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 37 m. Seefingan stands 723 m to the south, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Wooly Ward's Farm, a attraction 1.5 miles away.

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Coordinates53.49175, -6.31792
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Historic sites
  • Fallen Jockey Monument: 2.4 mi
  • Ashbourne: 2.8 mi
  • Deerpark: 3.1 mi
  • 1916 volunteers meeting point: 3.2 mi
  • Oldtown: 3.3 mi
Springs
Artworks
Parks
  • Rathbeale Archaeological Park: 3.4 mi
  • The Green: 3.5 mi
  • The Green: 3.7 mi
  • Broadmeadow Linear Park: 3.7 mi
  • The Green: 3.8 mi
Gardens
Peaks
  • Hollywood Great: 5.2 mi
  • Naul Hill: 5.9 mi
  • Knockbrack: 6.0 mi
  • Newtown Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Man O'War Hill: 7.5 mi
Museums: 57
Beaches: 25
Nature reserves: 16
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 9
  • Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
  • Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 8.0 mi
  • BBQ Area: 9.0 mi
  • Toni's: 10.4 mi
  • Hawk Cliff: 17.8 mi
Waterfalls: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of St Catherine's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SeefinganS 186°722.9 m20.8 mi
SeahanS 188°647.3 m19.2 mi
SeefinS 189°620.6 m21.3 mi
Corrig MountainS 186°617.1 m19.3 mi
Glendoo MountainS 177°585.094 m18.7 mi
Ballymorefinn HillS 187°566 m18.4 mi
KnocknagunS 173°555.3 m20.0 mi
Prince William's SeatS 171°553.5 m20.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2917:5218:38
June solstice04:5721:0121:59
September equinox07:1118:4019:27
December solstice08:4015:0016:08

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Wildlife nearby
  • White Wagtail2 obs
  • Red Clover2 obs
  • Garden Grass-veneer2 obs
  • Common Wood-Pigeon1 obs
  • Little Grebe1 obs
  • Red Kite1 obs
  • Mute Swan1 obs
  • Rook1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/13767410600

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