Big Spring
Big Spring is a spring in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 151 m. Clark Mountain stands 439 m to the northeast, 25 miles off. Great River Road passes 87 miles off. 156 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.
1st magnitude spring with an discharge of 7-57 cubical metres (average daily flow of 286 million gallons)
What to expect
How to reach it
- 86.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
156 named places within 25 miles
- Cataract Hill: 5.2 mi
- Retort Hill: 8.8 mi
- Windes Hill: 9.9 mi
- Green Mountain: 11.1 mi
- Little Thorny Mountain: 12.4 mi
- Mint Spring: 6.4 mi
- Mill Creek Spring: 8.1 mi
- Twin Spring: 12.4 mi
- Gravel Spring: 12.6 mi
- Barrett Spring: 16.9 mi
- Watercress Spring Camp: 3.6 mi
- Watercress Spring Picnic Grounds: 3.6 mi
- Chilton Creek Campsite: 8.2 mi
- Miller Community Lake State Wildlife Area: 8.3 mi
- Peck Ranch State Wildlife Management Area: 10.8 mi
- Bass Rock: 4.1 mi
- Kelley Bluff: 8.9 mi
- Tunnel Bluff: 9.8 mi
- Tunnel Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Paint Rock Bluff: 12.6 mi
- Overcup Fen Natural Area: 18.2 mi
- Fern Nook Natural Area: 19.0 mi
- Powder Mill Cave Natural Area: 19.2 mi
- Greenville Ford Public Fishing Access: 20.1 mi
- Joshua T. Chilton Memorial Access: 24.2 mi
- Float Camp: 20.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
- Skyline Roadside Park: 23.0 mi
- Beach 2: 23.7 mi
- Beach 3: 23.7 mi
- Beach 3: 23.7 mi
- Big Spring: 0.1 mi
- Cross Country Trail Rides: 24.0 mi
- Ellsinore Pioneer Museum: 13.7 mi
- Rocky Falls: 15.4 mi
- Horseshoe Horse: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Mountain | NE 48° | 439 m | 24.7 mi |
| Stegall Mountain | NW 308° | 409 m | 14.3 mi |
| Thorny Mountain | NW 314° | 405 m | 14.1 mi |
| Mule Mountain | NW 304° | 403 m | 15.3 mi |
| Finley Mountain | NE 39° | 386 m | 22.6 mi |
| Wildcat Mountain | NW 321° | 385 m | 20.9 mi |
| Coot Mountain | NW 317° | 379 m | 20.8 mi |
| Roebell Mountain | NW 322° | 342 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:49 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:11 | 16:52 |
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 | 38 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clearwater DAM, 17 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Feb–Jun — fullest in Apr, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 2,013 | 2,281 | 2,979 | 3,562 | 3,328 | 2,142 | 1,379 | 1,155 | 1,061 | 1,116 | 1,727 | 1,928 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Current River at Van Buren, MO, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- sharp-lobed hepatica26 obs
- red columbine23 obs
- resurrection fern20 obs
- walking fern17 obs
- Celandine Poppy16 obs
- dwarf larkspur12 obs
- Black-stemmed Spleenwort12 obs
- blue phlox11 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/5442671644
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