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Collins Spring

Collins Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Collins Spring is a spring in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 227 m. Little Pilot Knob stands 428 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Canoe Tower, a artwork 1.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 7.4 miles off. 160 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.

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Coordinates37.96749, -91.33510
Around it

160 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 49
  • Birds Nest Beach Park: 2.4 mi
  • Riverview Roadside Park: 2.8 mi
  • Iroquois Park: 7.1 mi
  • Paul Bryan Park: 7.3 mi
  • Hood Park: 7.4 mi
Springs: 27
  • Saranac Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Hickman Spring: 6.1 mi
  • James Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Gibbs Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Westover Spring: 7.1 mi
Peaks: 20
  • Lea Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Fort Hill: 9.0 mi
  • Lost Mountain: 10.0 mi
  • Fair View Hill: 10.1 mi
  • Craig Hill: 10.7 mi
Ghost towns: 12
Nature reserves: 11
Attractions: 10
  • Canoehenge: 8.8 mi
  • World's largest rocker: 8.8 mi
  • Old Derby gas station: 15.4 mi
  • Rt 66 Museum of Phelps Co., - Mule Trading Post: 21.1 mi
  • Pontoon Rides: 22.2 mi
Historic sites: 8
  • WWI Memorial Plaque: 21.8 mi
  • Hawkins Homestead: 22.7 mi
  • Missouri S&T Stonehenge: 24.1 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 24.6 mi
  • Obstetrics Wing: 24.8 mi
Artworks: 6
Museums: 6
Cliffs: 4
Beaches: 2
  • LKW Waterfront: 22.1 mi
  • TL Waterfront: 22.2 mi
Gardens: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Point Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Hawkins Cove Natural Bridge: 22.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little Pilot KnobE 87°428 m19.5 mi
Sullivan HillSSE 156°410 m14.4 mi
Crooked HillS 169°410 m17.8 mi
Camels HumpS 171°406 m14.0 mi
Hedley KnobSSE 159°404 m15.2 mi
Flint HillE 82°403 m17.3 mi
Bald KnobSSE 150°392 m15.3 mi
Blue KnobSW 223°392 m16.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:17
June solstice05:4419:5320:32
September equinox06:5418:2919:04
December solstice07:1816:0916:50

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303543546371757365544334

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Steelville 2 N, 3 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs5766649551,1271,054699383280290284498561

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Meramec River near Steelville, MO, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Wildlife nearby
  • Rainbow Darter3 obs
  • Blanchard's Cricket Frog3 obs
  • Western Honey Bee2 obs
  • Spicebush Swallowtail2 obs
  • Orangethroat Darter2 obs
  • leafy elephant's-foot2 obs
  • Mallard1 obs
  • House Sparrow1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/5084346264

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