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Convict Spring

Convict Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Convict Spring is a spring in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Rocky Hill stands 47 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is SUW919972, a spring 0.2 miles away. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates30.08834, -83.09597

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • SUW919972: 0.2 mi
  • Bathtub Spring: 0.3 mi
  • SUW919971: 0.6 mi
  • Laf919972 Spring: 1.1 mi
  • Royal Spring: 1.3 mi
Parks: 13
  • Veteran's Memorial Park of Mayo: 5.6 mi
  • Troy Spring State Park: 8.2 mi
  • Ivey Memorial Park: 13.6 mi
  • First Federal Park and Sportsplex: 14.2 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial: 15.8 mi
Nature reserves: 7
  • Mallory Swamp: 14.7 mi
  • Lafayette Forest Wildlife and Environmental Area: 18.2 mi
  • Santa Fe River-Hartzog Conservation Easement: 20.2 mi
  • Ichetucknee Springs State Park: 21.0 mi
  • Fort White Wildlife and Environmental Area: 22.2 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • The House of Seven Gables: 5.4 mi
  • shipwreck: 13.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Peaks: 2
  • Rocky Hill: 13.5 mi
  • Jim Mike Hill: 24.5 mi
Attractions: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rocky HillENE 67°47 m13.5 mi
Jim Mike HillNE 43°24 m24.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1319:44
June solstice06:3220:0220:37
September equinox07:2118:5919:30
December solstice07:2517:0117:37

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: Feb–Apr — fullest in Mar, leanest in Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs5,4427,3579,4849,4065,7304,1614,6345,7525,8775,6433,5623,937

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Suwannee River AT Luraville, Fla., 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • American Bumble Bee95 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee37 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee23 obs
  • Common Buckeye21 obs
  • Gulf Fritillary20 obs
  • Green Anole17 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk15 obs
  • Phaon Crescent15 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/3166152421

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