Spring · Ireland
St. Helen's Well
St. Helen's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. Brandon Hill stands 515 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Sandeel Bay, a beach 0.3 miles away. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Coordinates52.16566, -6.88216
Named places within 25 miles
Springs
- Curraghmore Well: 0.6 mi
- Houseland Well: 0.6 mi
- Lady Well: 1.5 mi
- Duffin's Well: 2.4 mi
- St. Mary's Well: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
- Windmill: 0.6 mi
- Houseland Castle: 0.6 mi
- Brecaun Church: 1.0 mi
- Tower (ruins): 1.1 mi
- Old Templar Church: 1.1 mi
Peaks: 42
- Minaun Hill: 8.6 mi
- Slievecoiltia: 12.2 mi
- Sugar Loaf Rock: 12.7 mi
- Partridge Hill: 13.6 mi
- Ballyscanlon Hill: 14.3 mi
Beaches: 40
- Sandeel Bay: 0.3 mi
- Otter Hole: 0.8 mi
- Boyce's Bay: 1.0 mi
- Templetown Bay Beach: 1.2 mi
- The Hall Bay: 1.8 mi
Attractions: 38
- Hook Head Adventures: 2.5 mi
- hook: 3.2 mi
- Hook Lighthouse Visitors Center: 3.5 mi
- Tintern Abbey cistern: 5.2 mi
- Lady's Well: 5.2 mi
Parks: 34
- Beach Lost and Found Point: 6.3 mi
- Memorial Garden: 6.4 mi
- Lower Field: 8.4 mi
- Dobbyn's Field: 8.7 mi
- Tramore Nature Park: 10.6 mi
Artworks: 33
- Sands Of Time: 4.4 mi
- Thomas Francis Meagher: 11.5 mi
- Waterford Crystal: 11.5 mi
- Noel Browne: 11.5 mi
- John J. Hearne: 11.6 mi
Gardens: 17
- Colclough Walled Garden: 5.0 mi
- Kilmokea Gardens: 10.2 mi
- Robert Emmet Memorial Garden: 11.3 mi
- Lafacadio Hearn Gardens: 11.3 mi
- Sensory Garden: 11.7 mi
Museums: 12
- John F. Kennedy Arboretum Museum: 10.9 mi
- Medieval Museum: 11.5 mi
- Bishop's Palace Museum: 11.5 mi
- Irish Silver Museum: 11.5 mi
- Irish Museum of Time: 11.6 mi
Nature reserves: 3
- Native Woodland Trust:Grace Dieu Reserve: 14.2 mi
- Fenor Bog: 14.6 mi
- Fiddown Island: 21.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Carricjmore Cliff: 2.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Poulanassy Waterfall: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of St. Helen's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Hill | N 351° | 515 m | 24.1 mi |
| White Mountain | N 4° | 509 m | 23.6 mi |
| Carrigroe | N 5° | 495 m | 24.5 mi |
| Bran Poceagh | N 4° | 489 m | 23.5 mi |
| Ballycronigan Rock | N 3° | 443 m | 23.1 mi |
| Croughaun Hill | WNW 284° | 391 m | 24.5 mi |
| Tory Hill | NW 321° | 344.3 m | 16.3 mi |
| Mount Alto | NNW 339° | 328.4 m | 22.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 17:56 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 20:58 | 21:53 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:44 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 08:35 | 15:14 | 16:18 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
- Jewel Anemone4 obs
- Marsh Woundwort2 obs
- Furbelows2 obs
- Orange-clubbed Sea Slug2 obs
- Song Thrush1 obs
- Rock Pipit1 obs
- bladder wrack1 obs
- gorse1 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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