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Charles Spring

Charles Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Charles Spring is a spring in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Rocky Hill stands 47 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Allen Mill Pond Spring, a spring 0.8 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates30.16736, -83.23034

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Allen Mill Pond Spring: 0.8 mi
  • Laf929973 Spring: 1.4 mi
  • Laf929972 Spring: 2.0 mi
  • Lafayette Blue Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Laf929971b Spring: 3.1 mi
Parks: 20
  • Veteran's Memorial Park of Mayo: 8.5 mi
  • First Federal Park and Sportsplex: 15.6 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial: 17.1 mi
  • Millenium Park: 17.2 mi
  • John H. Hale Community Park: 17.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Historic sites: 2
  • The House of Seven Gables: 8.5 mi
  • shipwreck: 23.3 mi
Museums: 2
Peaks: 1
  • Rocky Hill: 20.4 mi
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rocky HillE 90°47 m20.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:1319:45
June solstice06:3320:0320:38
September equinox07:2218:5919:31
December solstice07:2617:0217:38

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555864687580828278706357
Precip in4.73.44.23.13.17.67.68.15.43.12.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mayo, 5 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs5,5657,0989,2597,9774,7453,8814,4804,6974,7334,0852,9303,823

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Suwannee River AT Dowling Park, Florida, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Gulf Fritillary4 obs
  • column stinkhorn4 obs
  • American trumpet vine4 obs
  • North American Luna Moth3 obs
  • Fiery Skipper3 obs
  • American Bumble Bee3 obs
  • Tawny Emperor3 obs
  • Salt Marsh Moth3 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/2899766719

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