Bird Springs
Bird Springs is a spring in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 268 m. Bear Cave Mountain stands 447 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Clapp Spring, a spring 1.9 miles away. Great River Road passes 139 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 268 m
How to reach it
- 139.0 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 10.9 mi off the Blue Buck Knob Scenic Byway
- 26.0 mi off the Glade Top Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Smoke Tree Scenic Vista · 27 mi
- Watershed Divide Scenic Vista · 28 mi
- Caney Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Turkey Point: 4.6 mi
- The Narrows: 5.3 mi
- Simpson Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Sauls Knob: 5.8 mi
- Red Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Clapp Spring: 1.9 mi
- Shipley Spring: 2.0 mi
- Collins Spring: 2.1 mi
- North Fork Spring: 3.1 mi
- Hodgsen Mill Spring: 3.2 mi
- River of Life Farm: 4.7 mi
- Blair Bridge Park: 6.4 mi
- Lonnie's Lookout: 7.4 mi
- Caney Mountain State Game Refuge: 11.3 mi
- Rippee State Wildlife Management Area: 15.4 mi
- State Line: 17.3 mi
- Veterans Memeorial: 20.6 mi
- Grizzly Statue: 21.1 mi
- Civil War Skirmish: 21.2 mi
- Polly the Parrot: 21.8 mi
- Rattail Point: 4.4 mi
- Two Faces: 7.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 12.4 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 12.6 mi
- Bean Bluff: 19.2 mi
- Rainbow Springs Upper Outlit: 3.3 mi
- Rainbow Spring Lower Outlit: 3.7 mi
- House Ruins: 20.8 mi
- House Ruins: 21.1 mi
- Sweden Fork Natural Bridge: 16.8 mi
- James P. Harlin Museum: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Bird Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Cave Mountain | WSW 246° | 447 m | 11.6 mi |
| Coon Knob Hill | WNW 291° | 445 m | 23.1 mi |
| Blue Buck Knob | NNE 26° | 442 m | 15.7 mi |
| Long Mountain | WSW 244° | 440 m | 11.1 mi |
| Timber Knob | WSW 258° | 440 m | 13.5 mi |
| Tater Hill | NNE 27° | 438 m | 17.6 mi |
| High Rock Mountain | WSW 252° | 434 m | 10.4 mi |
| Pinnacle | WSW 241° | 429 m | 13.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:17 | 16:57 |
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 | 35 | 39 | 48 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dora 3SE, 2 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Feb–Jun — fullest in Apr, leanest in Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 730 | 855 | 1,121 | 1,381 | 1,214 | 775 | 560 | 457 | 428 | 423 | 646 | 704 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge North Fork River near Tecumseh, MO, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/151932833
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