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St Nicholas' Well

St Nicholas' Well, seen from above at true elevation

St Nicholas' Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 89 m. Greenane stands 801 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Colman Church (in Ruins), a historic site 1.3 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates52.44654, -7.77965

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Colman Church (in Ruins): 1.3 mi
  • Tullamain Castle: 1.6 mi
  • Ballydoyle Castle (in Ruins): 2.4 mi
  • Barrettstown Castle: 2.4 mi
  • Edmond's Castle: 3.8 mi
Springs
  • Muggia Well: 2.2 mi
  • Halfpenny Well: 4.3 mi
  • Graigue Well: 5.1 mi
  • Tobernasthing: 5.2 mi
  • Brickendown Well: 5.4 mi
Peaks
Attractions: 25
Parks: 21
  • Fethard Town Park: 3.9 mi
  • East Gate Park: 3.9 mi
  • Denis Burke Park: 7.4 mi
  • Richard Mulcahy Town Park: 7.6 mi
  • Inch Field: 8.0 mi
Artworks: 17
Gardens: 14
Museums: 12
Cliffs: 6
  • Mahon Valley: 17.3 mi
  • Mahon Valley: 17.7 mi
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 19.5 mi
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 19.6 mi
  • Eagles Step: 20.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • The Prison Waterfall: 10.2 mi
  • Mahon Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Assaroula Waterfall: 20.6 mi
  • Ballard Waterfall: 22.8 mi
Nature reserves: 3
  • Garden of Renewal: 10.4 mi
  • Kildanogue wildfowl sanctuary and nature reserve: 13.5 mi
  • Fiddown Island: 21.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Mocollop Picnic Site: 24.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of St Nicholas' Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
GreenaneWSW 249°801.3 m15.0 mi
KnockanaffrinSE 143°755 m13.7 mi
SlievenamonE 98°720.2 m9.3 mi
KnocksheegownaSE 142°675.7 m12.8 mi
LaghtshanaquillaWSW 249°629.4 m13.2 mi
Knockanaffrin South TopSE 143°628 m14.4 mi
Laghtshanaquilla North-East TopWSW 250°598 m12.7 mi
Slievenamon North-West TopE 95°564 m8.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3517:5918:44
June solstice05:0921:0221:58
September equinox07:1718:4719:32
December solstice08:4015:1516:20

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/9511721607

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