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St Macadaw's Well

St Macadaw's Well, seen from above at true elevation

St Macadaw's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Cnoc Bréanainn (Mullach Thuaidh) stands 895 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Triskbeg Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 0.8 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates52.39765, -9.91007

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Triskbeg Mountain: 0.9 mi
  • Triskmore Mountain: 1.0 mi
  • Maulin Mountain: 1.8 mi
  • Gearhane: 12.7 mi
  • Scregg: 12.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Kerry Head Signal Tower: 1.7 mi
  • Ballyheigue Castle: 3.0 mi
  • Kilmoyly Church: 6.0 mi
  • Rathoneen Castle (remains of): 6.6 mi
  • 15th Centenary of the birth of St-Bredan: 7.2 mi
Springs
  • Tobernasool: 2.8 mi
  • Toberlackan: 2.8 mi
  • Our Lady's Holy Well: 3.5 mi
  • Toberlury: 6.0 mi
  • Saint Brendan's Well: 6.9 mi
Attractions: 24
Parks: 14
Artworks: 11
Beaches: 9
Cliffs: 6
  • Bromore Cliffs: 14.0 mi
  • Cliffs of Dooneen: 16.2 mi
  • Maughanablagher Cliffs: 19.0 mi
  • 40: 23.7 mi
  • 10: 23.9 mi
Museums: 4
Gardens: 4
  • Garden of the Senses: 12.5 mi
  • Joe Keohane Roundabout: 12.9 mi
  • Ballymullen Roundabout: 13.0 mi
  • Tom Crean Memorial Garden: 18.1 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Virgin Rock: 12.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of St Macadaw's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cnoc Bréanainn (Mullach Thuaidh)SW 234°895.4 m18.0 mi
BaurtregaumSSE 165°851 m13.6 mi
Cnoc Bréanainn (mullach i gcéin thuaidh)SW 235°840.1 m18.0 mi
CaherconreeS 170°835 m13.7 mi
Binn os GaoithSSW 209°826 m14.5 mi
Binn FhaicheSW 232°822.5 m17.8 mi
Baurtregaum NE TopSSE 164°818.5 m13.4 mi
Na PóirtSW 233°809.2 m18.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:0718:52
June solstice05:1821:1122:06
September equinox07:2618:5619:41
December solstice08:4815:2416:29

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Northern Gannet1 obs
  • Sheep's-bit1 obs
  • Chatham Island Akeake1 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/13728408190

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