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St. Mary's Well

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

St. Mary's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Blackstairs Mountain stands 732 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Bishop's Well, a spring 0.9 miles away. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates52.20870, -6.86634

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Historic sites
  • Fethard Castle: 1.5 mi
  • Kilcloggan Castle: 1.6 mi
  • Templetown Catholic Chapel (ruins): 2.2 mi
  • Sea View: 2.3 mi
  • 1798: 2.3 mi
Artworks: 57
Peaks: 50
Attractions: 42
Parks: 41
  • Beach Lost and Found Point: 4.9 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Dobbyn's Field: 6.9 mi
  • Foulksmills Park: 8.8 mi
  • Lower Field: 9.8 mi
Beaches: 39
  • Booley Bay Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Dollar Bay Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Grange Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Templetown Bay Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Carnivan Beach: 2.7 mi
Gardens: 20
Museums: 14
Nature reserves: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
  • Castle View: 24.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Carricjmore Cliff: 1.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blackstairs MountainN 6°732.1 m23.7 mi
Brandon HillNNW 348°515 m21.3 mi
White MountainN 3°509 m20.6 mi
CarrigroeN 4°495 m21.5 mi
Bran PoceaghN 2°489 m20.5 mi
CarrigalachanN 3°463 m22.3 mi
SlievebaunN 7°444 m22.6 mi
Ballycronigan RockN 2°443 m20.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3117:5518:40
June solstice05:0720:5821:53
September equinox07:1418:4419:28
December solstice08:3515:1416:17

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • purple loosestrife3 obs
  • rock samphire3 obs
  • Rook2 obs
  • Yellowhammer2 obs
  • European Sand Hopper2 obs
  • Eurasian Oystercatcher1 obs
  • Common Raven1 obs
  • White Wagtail1 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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OpenStreetMap element node/12396906711

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