Alley Spring
Alley Spring is a spring in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 206 m. Stegall Mountain stands 409 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Artisian Well, a spring 3.5 miles away. Great River Road passes 97 miles off. 143 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 97.2 mi off the Great River Road, National
143 named places within 25 miles
- Artisian Well: 3.5 mi
- Slater Spring: 6.3 mi
- Buckhart Spring: 7.4 mi
- Munsell Spring: 7.8 mi
- Munsell Spring: 7.8 mi
- Jerktail Mountain: 9.1 mi
- Tip Top Mountain: 9.5 mi
- Coot Mountain: 10.5 mi
- Jeny Ridge: 11.1 mi
- Shut-In Mountain: 11.6 mi
- Buttin Rock: 4.3 mi
- Bee Bluff: 5.4 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 5.7 mi
- Bee Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Bee Bluff: 10.5 mi
- Mahan Roadside Park: 5.8 mi
- Virgin Pine Forest: 7.2 mi
- Echo Bluff State Park: 11.0 mi
- Skunk Pond State Wildlife Management Area: 11.3 mi
- Lions Club Park: 11.4 mi
- Joshua T. Chilton Memorial Access: 4.8 mi
- Flat Rock State Wildlife Area: 5.6 mi
- Powder Mill Cave Natural Area: 15.0 mi
- Midvale Conservation Area: 16.7 mi
- Summersville Towersite: 18.7 mi
- Beach 3: 5.4 mi
- Beach 2: 5.4 mi
- Beach 3: 5.5 mi
- Pulltite: 12.6 mi
- Cross Country Trail Rides: 5.2 mi
- Welch Spring: 18.1 mi
- Round Spring: 9.0 mi
- Sinking Creek Day Use Area: 10.5 mi
- Round Spring Natural Bridge: 9.0 mi
- Turner Natural Bridge: 20.0 mi
- Horseshoe Horse: 4.6 mi
- Rocky Falls: 13.4 mi
- Welch Spring Hospital: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Alley Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stegall Mountain | ESE 112° | 409 m | 14.3 mi |
| Thorny Mountain | ESE 106° | 405 m | 15.1 mi |
| Mule Mountain | ESE 114° | 403 m | 13.2 mi |
| Wildcat Mountain | E 79° | 385 m | 11.7 mi |
| Coot Mountain | E 83° | 379 m | 10.5 mi |
| Tip Top Mountain | NE 50° | 377 m | 9.5 mi |
| Jerktail Mountain | ENE 59° | 360 m | 9.1 mi |
| Buzzard Hill | ENE 64° | 355 m | 24.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:51 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 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 | 37 | 47 | 57 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eminence 1 NW, 4 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Feb–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 254 | 360 | 545 | 668 | 585 | 257 | 159 | 116 | 123 | 124 | 278 | 268 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Jacks Fork at Alley Spring, MO, under a mile away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Ebony Jewelwing18 obs
- red columbine15 obs
- toadshade14 obs
- dwarf larkspur12 obs
- Bleeding Shiner12 obs
- Pipevine Swallowtail11 obs
- Spicebush Swallowtail11 obs
- blue mistflower10 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/12663530498
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