Spring · Ireland
St Patrick's Well
St Patrick's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 82 m. Mount Leinster stands 794 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Kellistown Church, a historic site 0.2 miles away.
How to reach it
Coordinates52.79124, -6.82704
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Kellistown Church: 0.2 mi
- Church: 3.1 mi
- Father John Murphy Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Thomas Traynor Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Church (in ruins): 4.1 mi
Springs
- Lady's Well: 3.7 mi
- Sunday Well: 6.1 mi
- St. Bridget's Well: 6.5 mi
- St Bridget's Well: 7.6 mi
- St Patrick's Well: 7.8 mi
Peaks
- Ballon Hill: 4.2 mi
- Clogrennan Hill: 7.8 mi
- Scratoe: 8.0 mi
- Knockpatrick Hill: 8.5 mi
- Green Hills: 8.8 mi
Artworks
- Ceatharloch: 5.2 mi
- Ave Maria: 5.2 mi
- The Liberty Tree: 5.2 mi
- Sky Rivers “Homage to Tyndall”: 5.7 mi
- Dolphins: 8.2 mi
Parks: 55
- Burrin Manor green area: 4.3 mi
- Hanover Park: 5.2 mi
- Heatherfield Court Garden: 5.3 mi
- Carlow Town Park: 5.6 mi
- Milford Lock: 5.8 mi
Attractions: 38
- Duckett's Grove: 4.6 mi
- Delta Sensory Gardens: 5.6 mi
- Altamont House and Gardens: 6.0 mi
- Franciscan Friary: 8.1 mi
- Castledermot Round Tower: 8.2 mi
Gardens: 25
- Walled Garden: 3.2 mi
- Duckett's Grove Walled Gardens: 4.6 mi
- New Oak Estate Memorial Garden: 4.9 mi
- An Gháirdín Beo: 5.3 mi
- An Gháirdín Beo: 5.3 mi
Museums: 22
- Tullow Museum: 3.8 mi
- Carlow County Museum: 5.2 mi
- Carlow Military Museum: 5.6 mi
- Goodly Barrow Museum: 13.0 mi
- Town Hall: 15.3 mi
Cliffs: 10
- North Prison: 19.2 mi
- South Prison: 19.4 mi
- Goat Bench: 19.5 mi
- Great Gully Ridge: 20.9 mi
- Abseil: 20.9 mi
Waterfalls: 6
- Rock of Foyle: 15.5 mi
- Carrawaystick Waterfall: 22.0 mi
- Ballinafunshoge Waterfall: 22.2 mi
- Coolalingo: 23.1 mi
- Poulaphuca Waterfall: 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
- Kilbrannish Forrest Picnic Site: 9.8 mi
- Castle View: 22.4 mi
Nature reserves: 2
- Newpark Marsh Park: 19.6 mi
- Thomastown Quarry: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of St Patrick's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Leinster | S 171° | 794.4 m | 12.1 mi |
| Blackstairs Mountain | S 177° | 732.1 m | 16.8 mi |
| Moats of Craan | SSE 165° | 656.5 m | 12.2 mi |
| Keadeen Mountain | NE 43° | 653 m | 15.0 mi |
| Ballineddan Mountain | NE 49° | 652.3 m | 17.6 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | SSE 161° | 599.6 m | 12.7 mi |
| Carrig Mountain | NE 46° | 571 m | 14.6 mi |
| Knockroe | S 174° | 538.77 m | 13.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:31 | 17:55 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:03 | 21:00 | 21:56 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:43 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 08:38 | 15:08 | 16:14 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
- Yellowhammer1 obs
- Long-eared Owl1 obs
- Common Hedgehog1 obs
- Germander Speedwell1 obs
- gorse1 obs
- great stinging nettle1 obs
- catchweed bedstraw1 obs
- Cow Parsley1 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
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