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Cove Spring

Cove Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Cove Spring is a spring in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Red Hill stands 410 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Powder Mill Cave Natural Area, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 85 miles off. 152 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.19203, -91.17259

152 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 39
  • Powder Mill Spring: 0.5 mi
  • Clint Williams Spring: 1.5 mi
  • Blue Spring: 1.9 mi
  • Stroup Spring: 4.3 mi
  • Spout Spring: 4.5 mi
Peaks: 35
Parks: 27
Cliffs: 24
Ghost towns: 11
Beaches: 4
  • Beach 3: 9.7 mi
  • Beach 2: 9.7 mi
  • Beach 3: 9.8 mi
  • Pulltite: 19.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Attractions: 2
  • Cross Country Trail Rides: 9.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 19.3 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Turner Natural Bridge: 12.9 mi
  • Round Spring Natural Bridge: 14.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rocky Falls: 7.1 mi
Artworks: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Red HillN 350°410 m21.5 mi
Stegall MountainS 191°409 m8.0 mi
Thorny MountainS 183°405 m6.7 mi
Mule MountainSSW 200°403 m8.5 mi
Finley MountainE 87°386 m24.1 mi
Wildcat MountainW 264°385 m3.4 mi
Coot MountainWSW 253°379 m4.5 mi
Tip Top MountainWNW 295°377 m8.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4219:17
June solstice05:4619:5020:29
September equinox06:5318:2919:03
December solstice07:1616:1116:52

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333747576774787769574636
Precip in2.82.94.55.35.64.04.13.83.83.43.93.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eminence 1 NW, 11 mi away.

  • great blue lobelia13 obs
  • Virginia bluebells12 obs
  • Pipevine Swallowtail11 obs
  • Ebony Jewelwing9 obs
  • Spicebush Swallowtail7 obs
  • Northern Map Turtle6 obs
  • blue phlox6 obs
  • Zebra Swallowtail6 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/12849701126

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