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St. Soorney's Well

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

St. Soorney's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Binn Mhór stands 661 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Sourney's Hermitage, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 2.6 miles off. 218 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates53.13420, -9.69654

Overlooks nearby

218 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 52
  • An Charcair: 1.7 mi
  • Cnoc Fionn: 7.7 mi
  • Cnoc an Phréacháin: 9.3 mi
  • Cnoc an Phobail: 9.9 mi
  • Cnoc Ros an Mhíl: 10.5 mi
Attractions: 51
Historic sites: 45
Beaches: 25
  • Trá na mBuailte (Beach of the Booly): 1.1 mi
  • Port Mhuirbhigh: 2.2 mi
  • Trá na bPáistí: 8.3 mi
  • Trá Pháidín: 8.3 mi
  • Trá na Tismeáine: 8.3 mi
Springs: 21
Cliffs: 7
  • Aill na Graí: 12.2 mi
  • Ailladie: 14.7 mi
  • Ballyryan: 14.8 mi
  • Oughtdarra: 15.2 mi
  • Oughtdarra: 15.3 mi
Museums: 6
Artworks: 5
Gardens: 3
Parks: 1
  • Roundstone play park: 20.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Screebe Waterfall: 20.7 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Hen Harrier Reserve: 23.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Binn MhórN 6°660.579 m24.3 mi
Binn Mhór NE TopN 7°641.249 m24.5 mi
Binn Mhor East TopN 8°631.281 m24.3 mi
Mullach GlasN 9°621.304 m24.4 mi
CorcogemoreNNE 11°610.077 m24.5 mi
Binn Mhor West TopN 5°595.761 m24.3 mi
Binn LeitríNNW 346°577 m24.8 mi
Mullach Glas NE TopN 10°432 m24.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4318:0618:52
June solstice05:1221:1322:10
September equinox07:2518:5419:40
December solstice08:5115:1716:24

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Harbor Seal38 obs
  • Grey Seal36 obs
  • Bloody Crane's-bill21 obs
  • Sea Thrift20 obs
  • Eurasian Oystercatcher16 obs
  • Compass Jelly16 obs
  • Common Shelduck15 obs
  • White Wagtail15 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/10624927598

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