The Spring
The Spring is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 41 m. Shehy More stands 546 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Test Hole for Copper Mine, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way runs past it.
Used for cattle
How to reach it
- On the Wild Atlantic Way, National
Overlooks nearby
- Carraigín Na Súl · 1 mi
- Bealach (pass) · 1 mi
- Lookout over Millcove · 9 mi
- Galley Head View · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Test Hole for Copper Mine: 0.3 mi
- Port a’ Dúna: 0.5 mi
- Hegarty's Farmhouse: 1.0 mi
- Ruins of Daly Household: 1.0 mi
- Castlehaven Castle: 1.7 mi
- Beann a' tSídheáin: 0.8 mi
- Suí Finn: 0.9 mi
- Cnoc na nGabhar: 1.0 mi
- Carraig a' Shleáin: 1.0 mi
- Piceán: 1.0 mi
- Tráigh Liceach: 0.9 mi
- Tráigh na nDabhcha: 1.0 mi
- Cuas na Leac: 1.0 mi
- Cuas na gCloch: 1.1 mi
- Sandy Cove: 1.1 mi
- Tobar Pártaláin: 1.2 mi
- West Cork Quad Adventures: 1.4 mi
- Placenames & Their Amazing Stories: 1.4 mi
- Leaba Dhiarmuida agus Ghráinne: 1.5 mi
- Tobar Bearcháin: 1.6 mi
- Tobar an Ime: 0.4 mi
- Tobar a' Ghrafín: 1.4 mi
- Tober an Iarainn: 2.4 mi
- Tobar na gCaolán: 4.5 mi
- Tobar: 4.6 mi
- Faill na Spuaice: 0.8 mi
- Faill Árd: 1.1 mi
- Faill na mBairneach: 1.3 mi
- Faill Bhróighe: 1.4 mi
- Faill Chú: 1.6 mi
- The Rock: 3.5 mi
- Rossa Park: 3.9 mi
- Coolngrane Park: 4.2 mi
- Gearagh Park: 14.9 mi
- Emmet Place: 16.3 mi
- Hollybrook house Japanese Garden: 5.3 mi
- Inishbeg Gardens: 5.4 mi
- Walled Garden: 15.8 mi
- Clonakilty Garden of Remembrance: 16.7 mi
- Heron Garden: 18.7 mi
- Heritage Centre: 3.8 mi
- Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa Casket: 11.0 mi
- Cottage Museum: 12.1 mi
- Cape Clear Museum: 12.2 mi
- Michael Collins House Museum: 16.3 mi
- Canon James Goodman: 3.6 mi
- Captain O'Neill Statue: 14.1 mi
- Sam Maguire: 15.7 mi
- Molly the Púca: 16.1 mi
- Henry Ford Model T: 19.4 mi
- The Warren Dunes: 9.8 mi
- Long Strand Dunes: 11.6 mi
- Irish National Forestry Foundation: 18.2 mi
- Glengarriff Nature Reserve: 22.7 mi
- Fall Down: 0.6 mi
- The Bridge: 9.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of The Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shehy More | N 359° | 545.6 m | 19.5 mi |
| Nowen Hill | N 356° | 535.2 m | 15.0 mi |
| Nowen Hill SW Top | N 353° | 509 m | 14.6 mi |
| Mullach Méise | NNW 344° | 494.3 m | 14.6 mi |
| Douce Mountain | N 354° | 476 m | 20.4 mi |
| Maughanaclea Hills E Top | N 353° | 470 m | 16.5 mi |
| Maughanaclea Hills W Top | N 350° | 452 m | 16.4 mi |
| Shehy More SW Top | N 357° | 446 m | 18.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:41 | 18:05 | 18:50 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 21:04 | 21:59 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:54 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 08:41 | 15:29 | 16:30 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
- Dunnock7 obs
- Hooded Crow7 obs
- European Starling6 obs
- European Stonechat6 obs
- Eurasian Linnet6 obs
- Small Tortoiseshell5 obs
- Poplar Hawkmoth5 obs
- Barn Swallow4 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9377083586
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