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St. Margaret's Well

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

St. Margaret's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 31 m. Mount Leinster stands 794 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Fr. James Roche, a artwork 0.3 miles away. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates52.33651, -6.46886
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Springs
  • St. Nicholas' Well: 0.7 mi
  • St. Mary Magdalene's Well: 1.0 mi
  • St. Nicholas' Well: 1.7 mi
  • St. Cavan's Well: 2.2 mi
  • St. Patrick's Well: 2.4 mi
Artworks: 59
Peaks: 55
  • Forth Mountain: 4.2 mi
  • Carrickadee: 4.2 mi
  • Carrickshinna Rock: 4.2 mi
  • Ravens Rocks: 4.4 mi
  • Drooping Rock: 4.5 mi
Beaches: 36
Attractions: 30
  • Wex Walks: 0.4 mi
  • Three Sisters River Cruises: 0.4 mi
  • Portal Tomb: 2.1 mi
  • Stone Circle: 2.1 mi
  • Fulacht Fiadh: 2.2 mi
Parks: 21
  • Republican Garden of Rememberance: 0.3 mi
  • Redmond Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • The Rocks: 0.8 mi
  • The Irish National Heritage Park: 2.1 mi
  • The Square: 3.4 mi
Gardens: 16
Museums: 8
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
  • Courtown Woods Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • The Cahore Polders and Dunes: 17.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Carricjmore Cliff: 20.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of St. Margaret's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LeinsterNW 326°794.4 m23.5 mi
Blackstairs MountainNW 316°732.1 m20.4 mi
Moats of CraanNNW 329°656.5 m23.0 mi
Black Rock MountainNNW 331°599.6 m22.3 mi
KnockroeNW 323°538.77 m22.3 mi
Brandon HillWNW 300°515 m24.4 mi
White MountainNW 307°509 m19.7 mi
CarrigroeNW 310°495 m19.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3017:5418:39
June solstice05:0420:5721:52
September equinox07:1218:4219:27
December solstice08:3415:1116:15

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Wildlife nearby
  • Black-headed Gull16 obs
  • Black-tailed Godwit13 obs
  • European Herring Gull13 obs
  • Wall Pennywort11 obs
  • Rook8 obs
  • European Starling8 obs
  • Eurasian Oystercatcher7 obs
  • Common Carder Bumble Bee7 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/12396813583

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