Welch Spring
Welch Spring is an attraction in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 244 m. Red Hill stands 410 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Welch Spring Hospital, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 91 miles off. 131 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.
The story
spring in Shannon County, Missouri, United States
Wikidata Q49740000, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 91.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
131 named places within 25 miles
- Cave Spring: 4.8 mi
- Schafer Spring: 4.8 mi
- Pulltite Spring: 6.2 mi
- Fire Hydrant Spring: 6.3 mi
- Watson Spring: 6.7 mi
- Sunklands-Burr Oak State Wildlife Area: 5.1 mi
- Jadwin Community Center Grounds: 6.7 mi
- Skunk Pond State Wildlife Management Area: 7.8 mi
- Current River State Park: 9.4 mi
- Echo Bluff State Park: 10.7 mi
- Panther Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Echo Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Upper Dugan Bluff: 14.5 mi
- Lower Dugan Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Bee Bluff: 18.2 mi
- Cedargrove: 2.5 mi
- Rector: 3.6 mi
- Sinkin: 9.3 mi
- Halcyon: 11.9 mi
- Turtle: 12.6 mi
- Bald Knob: 15.3 mi
- Tower Hill: 15.5 mi
- Ball Hill: 16.2 mi
- Tip Top Mountain: 18.0 mi
- Jerktail Mountain: 19.2 mi
- Cedar Grove Conservation Area: 2.6 mi
- Flat Rock State Wildlife Area: 15.5 mi
- Midvale Conservation Area: 15.8 mi
- Summersville Towersite: 17.8 mi
- Shawnee Mac Lakes Conservation Area: 18.1 mi
- Welch Spring Hospital: 0.0 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 11.2 mi
- SHS Tiger Tank: 17.4 mi
- SHS Football: 17.5 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 17.8 mi
- Pulltite: 6.8 mi
- Beach 3: 20.9 mi
- Beach 2: 20.9 mi
- Beach 3: 20.9 mi
- The Deer Statue: 16.9 mi
- The Gassy Pig: 17.2 mi
- The Gassy Pig: 17.2 mi
- Cross Country Trail Rides: 20.7 mi
- Texas County Museum of Art: 17.1 mi
- Dent county museum: 17.6 mi
- Bonebrake Center of Nature and History: 17.6 mi
- Sinking Creek Day Use Area: 11.0 mi
- Round Spring: 12.0 mi
- Round Spring Natural Bridge: 11.9 mi
- Turner Natural Bridge: 20.2 mi
- Horseshoe Horse: 20.6 mi
- Dad's Garden: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Welch Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hill | ENE 69° | 410 m | 19.7 mi |
| Tower Hill | NE 48° | 400 m | 15.5 mi |
| Wildcat Mountain | SE 127° | 385 m | 23.6 mi |
| Coot Mountain | SE 131° | 379 m | 23.4 mi |
| Tip Top Mountain | SE 126° | 377 m | 18.0 mi |
| Ball Hill | NE 39° | 366 m | 16.2 mi |
| Jerktail Mountain | SE 128° | 360 m | 19.2 mi |
| Peter Mooney Mountain | SE 129° | 342 m | 25.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:52 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:12 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 36 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 6.2 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Round Spring 2SW, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/5955387694
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