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St. Colman's Well

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

St. Colman's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 79 m. Mount Leinster stands 794 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Knockanbawn, a peak 0.3 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates52.65606, -7.14683
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Knockanbawn: 0.3 mi
  • Castle Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Purcell's Kill: 4.7 mi
  • Frengh Hill: 7.7 mi
  • Croghan: 8.6 mi
Springs
Historic sites
Artworks
Parks: 49
  • Pococke Park: 3.6 mi
  • The Quarry: 3.9 mi
  • Kilkenny Castle Park: 4.2 mi
  • Peace Park: 4.4 mi
  • Riverside Garden: 4.4 mi
Attractions: 38
Gardens: 29
Museums: 22
Picnic sites: 4
  • Castle View: 9.3 mi
  • Kilbrannish Forrest Picnic Site: 16.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Cliffs: 2
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 11.1 mi
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 11.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of St. Colman's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LeinsterE 100°794.4 m15.6 mi
Blackstairs MountainESE 117°732.1 m16.1 mi
Moats of CraanE 98°656.5 m16.7 mi
Black Rock MountainE 98°599.6 m17.8 mi
KnockroeESE 106°538.77 m15.5 mi
SlievebawnE 95°524.8 m14.2 mi
Brandon HillSE 144°515 m12.4 mi
White MountainSE 129°509 m16.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3317:5618:41
June solstice05:0521:0121:57
September equinox07:1518:4519:30
December solstice08:3915:1116:16

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Wildlife nearby
  • White Wagtail1 obs
  • European Starling1 obs
  • Ivy-leaved toadflax1 obs
  • Eurasian Blue Tit1 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/8481126001

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