Columbia Rise
Columbia Rise is a spring in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Underwood Hill stands 55 m to the east-southeast, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is McCall Park, a park 0.2 miles away. OLD FLORIDA HERITAGE passes 23 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 23.2 mi off the OLD FLORIDA HERITAGE
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Tower · 26 mi
- Observation Tower · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McCall Park: 0.2 mi
- Hirschi Prayer Park: 1.2 mi
- High Springs Civic Center Park: 1.7 mi
- Catherine Taylor Park: 2.6 mi
- Playground: 2.8 mi
- Darby Spring: 0.4 mi
- Col428981 Spring: 0.4 mi
- Ala11297 Spring: 0.5 mi
- Treehouse Rise: 0.5 mi
- Hornsby Spring: 1.2 mi
- Camp Kulaqua Conservation Easement: 0.7 mi
- Gichrist Blue Springs State Park: 4.6 mi
- Mill Creek Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Bell Ridge Longleaf Wildlife and Environmental Area: 8.7 mi
- Loncala, Inc. Conservation Easement #1: 10.1 mi
- Medal of Honor: 20.0 mi
- Vombat Wounded Veterans: 20.0 mi
- They Serve to Protect Us: 20.0 mi
- Peace Time Soldier Always at War: 20.0 mi
- shipwreck: 20.2 mi
- Artistic Ball: 19.9 mi
- 34th Street Wall: 20.3 mi
- Albert & Alberta: 21.0 mi
- Alpha Gator Statue: 21.0 mi
- Tim Tebow (2007): 21.1 mi
- Kanapaha Botanical Gardens: 20.7 mi
- Field & Fork Farm and Gardens: 20.8 mi
- Bat House Gardens: 20.8 mi
- Ficke Gardens: 21.0 mi
- University Gardens: 21.0 mi
- High Springs Museum: 1.9 mi
- Union County Historical Museum: 19.9 mi
- Florida Museum of Natural History: 20.9 mi
- Heritage Hall: 21.1 mi
- A. Quinn Jones House: 21.4 mi
- Naked Ed: 3.4 mi
- The Gainesville Solar Walk: 19.7 mi
- Trenton Train Station: 20.6 mi
- Bat House: 20.8 mi
- Bat House: 20.8 mi
- Underwood Hill: 3.6 mi
- Spring Hill: 5.0 mi
- 38th Street Park Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
- Oak Canopy Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Traxler: 4.8 mi
- McMillan Bluff: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Columbia Rise. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Underwood Hill | ESE 121° | 55 m | 3.6 mi |
| Spring Hill | ESE 108° | 43 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:11 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 20:00 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 17:00 | 17:36 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 53 | 56 | 61 | 67 | 75 | 80 | 81 | 81 | 78 | 70 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — High Springs, 2 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Feb–Apr, Aug–Oct — fullest in Oct, leanest in Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 527 | 815 | 864 | 644 | 420 | 349 | 555 | 715 | 636 | 912 | 450 | 458 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Santa FE River AT US Hwy 441 Near High Springs,fl., under a mile away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Brown Darter36 obs
- Powdered Dancer26 obs
- Golden Silk Spider26 obs
- Smoky Rubyspot25 obs
- Tadpole Madtom24 obs
- Blue-ringed Dancer20 obs
- common water hyacinth20 obs
- Westfall's Darter20 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/3134592245
Day trips start here
- Lake City · 23 mi
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