Blue Hole Spring
Blue Hole Spring is a spring in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Falling Water Hill stands 97 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is CCC Built Fish Hatchery, a historic site 0.2 miles away. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Unnamed Spring 2: 0.8 mi
- Unnamed Spring 1: 0.9 mi
- Bosel 2 Spring: 1.0 mi
- Bosel 1 Spring: 1.0 mi
- Sandbag Spring: 2.6 mi
- Florida Caverns State Park: 0.9 mi
- Citizen's Lodge Park: 2.5 mi
- Historical Joseph W. Russ House & Visitor Center: 3.0 mi
- City of Marianna Madison Street Park: 3.3 mi
- Blue Springs Recreational Area: 6.6 mi
- High Hill: 15.5 mi
- Sand Hill: 18.2 mi
- Falling Water Hill: 18.3 mi
- Nearing Hill: 18.8 mi
- Sixteenth Hill: 19.1 mi
- Judges Cave Wildlife and Environmental Area: 3.1 mi
- Chipola Wildlife Management Area: 6.6 mi
- Apalachee Wildlife Management Area: 17.5 mi
- Apalachee Wildlife Management Area: 17.6 mi
- Apalachee Wildlife Management Area: 17.7 mi
- CCC Built Fish Hatchery: 0.2 mi
- Saint Paul High School: 12.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 12.1 mi
- Tank: 21.1 mi
- Bell Cobra: 24.8 mi
- Jackson County Rest Area Westbound: 6.3 mi
- Jackson County Rest Area Eastbound: 6.7 mi
- Jackson County Welcome Station: 15.5 mi
- Alabama Welcome Center: 16.2 mi
- Gadsden County Rest Area: 24.9 mi
- Caverns Visitors Center: 1.3 mi
- Sugar Mill: 1.6 mi
- CCC Worker: 1.3 mi
- Cane Field: 1.6 mi
- Falling Water Sink: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blue Hole Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falling Water Hill | WSW 250° | 97 m | 18.3 mi |
| High Hill | WSW 247° | 94 m | 15.5 mi |
| Orange Hill | WSW 237° | 87 m | 19.1 mi |
| Sexton Hill | SW 234° | 86 m | 24.1 mi |
| Sand Mountain | SW 223° | 83 m | 24.6 mi |
| Murphy Hill | WNW 298° | 74 m | 22.3 mi |
| Riley Hill | WNW 300° | 73 m | 21.7 mi |
| Balcom Hill | WNW 301° | 73 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:12 | 19:48 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:07 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 06:35 | 16:08 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 55 | 62 | 68 | 76 | 81 | 83 | 82 | 79 | 70 | 60 | 54 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marianna Muni AP, 4 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Apr — fullest in Feb, leanest in Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 989 | 1,231 | 1,181 | 1,186 | 707 | 535 | 615 | 570 | 519 | 407 | 470 | 759 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Chipola River AT Marianna FL, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- woodland pinkroot71 obs
- Eastern Fence Lizard68 obs
- false rue anemone60 obs
- Red Buckeye48 obs
- oakleaf hydrangea47 obs
- bear's foot46 obs
- Atamasco Lily45 obs
- mayapple34 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/3157362506
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