- Elevation, modelled
- 4 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Falling Water Hill97 m · 19.0 mi
- Nearest byway
- SCENIC HIGHWAY 30-A24.0 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 19:50local time
- Coordinates
- 30.6125, -85.8232
Drinking Spring is a spring in Florida, at a modelled 4 m. Falling Water Hill stands 97 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Unnamed Spring 9, a spring less than a tenth of a mile away. SCENIC HIGHWAY 30-A passes 24 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Drinking Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falling Water Hill | ENE 64° | 97 m | 19.0 mi |
| High Hill | ENE 68° | 94 m | 21.7 mi |
| Mud Hill | E 89° | 87 m | 12.1 mi |
| Orange Hill | ENE 78° | 87 m | 18.7 mi |
| Sexton Hill | E 90° | 86 m | 14.9 mi |
| Hudson Hill | NNW 338° | 86 m | 18.2 mi |
| Weaver Hill | E 88° | 84 m | 11.0 mi |
| Sand Mountain | ESE 102° | 83 m | 18.1 mi |
- 24.0 mi off the SCENIC HIGHWAY 30-ANational
Named places within 25 miles
- Unnamed Spring 9: 0.0 mi
- Galloway Spring: 1.5 mi
- Unnamed Spring 3: 2.5 mi
- Unnamed Spring 5: 2.6 mi
- Skipper Spring: 2.8 mi
- Big Hill: 5.7 mi
- Steep Hollow Hill: 5.7 mi
- Crawford Hill: 6.2 mi
- Laurel Hill: 6.5 mi
- Hogan Hill: 6.6 mi
- Morrison Springs: 5.8 mi
- Morrison Springs County Park: 5.8 mi
- Ponce de Leon Springs State Park: 9.9 mi
- Blue Creek Veterans Memorial Park: 10.3 mi
- Fern Arnold Park: 11.4 mi
- Seacrest Wolf Preserve: 11.5 mi
- Vortex Spring: 13.3 mi
- DeFuniak Springs (freight): 18.8 mi
- Walton County Heritage Museum (Museum Depot): 18.8 mi
- Wild Thang Airboat Tours: 22.1 mi
- Pine Log State Forest: 13.5 mi
- Holmes Creek Tract: 13.6 mi
- E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center: 16.7 mi
- Holmes County Rest Area: 9.3 mi
- Ponce de Leon Rest Area: 9.5 mi
- Howell Bluff: 11.6 mi
- Walton County Confederate Monument: 18.7 mi
- Falling Water Sink: 19.1 mi
- Vicksburg: 22.0 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:14 | 19:50 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:10 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 06:37 | 16:11 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 55 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 80 | 82 | 82 | 78 | 69 | 59 | 53 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 6.0 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — DE Funiak Springs 1 E, 18 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Apr — fullest in Feb, leanest in Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 876 | 1,000 | 959 | 916 | 599 | 523 | 552 | 592 | 566 | 498 | 445 | 649 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Holmes Creek AT Vernon, Fla., 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
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