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Anderson Spring

Anderson Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Anderson Spring is a spring in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Rocky Hill stands 47 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates30.35349, -83.18957

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Anderson Spring: 0.0 mi
  • Ellaville Spring: 2.4 mi
  • Suwanacoochee Spring: 2.5 mi
  • Lime Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Lime Run Spring: 2.9 mi
Parks: 18
  • Gibson County Park: 8.2 mi
  • Madison Blue Springs State Park: 9.2 mi
  • First Federal Park and Sportsplex: 12.3 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial: 12.8 mi
  • Millenium Park: 12.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Peaks: 2
  • Rocky Hill: 22.2 mi
  • Jim Mike Hill: 22.2 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • The House of Seven Gables: 20.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rocky HillSE 126°47 m22.2 mi
Jim Mike HillE 91°24 m22.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1319:45
June solstice06:3220:0320:38
September equinox07:2218:5919:31
December solstice07:2617:0117:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F576065717782848380736459
Precip in4.83.55.03.52.66.86.45.65.04.02.12.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Live OAK, 14 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Feb–Apr — fullest in Mar, leanest in Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs6,0538,72711,08310,5785,7624,1574,4865,5255,1714,6403,2594,081

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Suwannee River AT Ellaville, Fla, 2 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • southern dewberry5 obs
  • Atamasco Lily5 obs
  • three-lobed violet5 obs
  • Green Anole4 obs
  • White-tailed Deer4 obs
  • common bracken4 obs
  • spurge nettle4 obs
  • Dwarf Palmetto3 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/8731007258

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