Ebb and Flow Spring
Ebb and Flow Spring is a spring in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 184 m. Red Hill stands 410 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Fursman Spring, a spring 1.6 miles away. Great River Road passes 89 miles off. 147 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 89.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
147 named places within 25 miles
- Fursman Spring: 1.6 mi
- Stroup Spring: 4.2 mi
- Clint Williams Spring: 4.9 mi
- Slater Spring: 5.2 mi
- Artisian Well: 5.6 mi
- Jerktail Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Coot Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Wildcat Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Tip Top Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Peter Mooney Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Mahan Roadside Park: 7.1 mi
- Virgin Pine Forest: 7.4 mi
- Roberts Field Campsite: 7.8 mi
- Logyard Campsite: 10.2 mi
- Echo Bluff State Park: 10.5 mi
- Bee Bluff: 3.0 mi
- Red Rock: 3.1 mi
- Martin Bluff: 3.9 mi
- Martin Bluff: 3.9 mi
- Bee Bluff: 4.0 mi
- Beal: 11.8 mi
- Dairyville: 15.4 mi
- Sinkin: 16.3 mi
- Alamode: 17.9 mi
- Oakley: 18.4 mi
- Joshua T. Chilton Memorial Access: 4.8 mi
- Powder Mill Cave Natural Area: 6.1 mi
- Flat Rock State Wildlife Area: 14.2 mi
- Cedar Grove Conservation Area: 23.3 mi
- Midvale Conservation Area: 24.9 mi
- Beach 3: 4.2 mi
- Beach 2: 4.3 mi
- Beach 3: 4.4 mi
- Pulltite: 14.3 mi
- Cross Country Trail Rides: 4.4 mi
- Welch Spring: 21.0 mi
- Big Spring: 23.2 mi
- Round Spring: 9.0 mi
- Sinking Creek Day Use Area: 10.2 mi
- Skyline Roadside Park: 19.1 mi
- Round Spring Natural Bridge: 9.1 mi
- Turner Natural Bridge: 13.3 mi
- Horseshoe Horse: 5.0 mi
- Rocky Falls: 8.1 mi
- Welch Spring Hospital: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ebb and Flow Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hill | N 7° | 410 m | 21.1 mi |
| Stegall Mountain | SSE 150° | 409 m | 9.3 mi |
| Thorny Mountain | SE 140° | 405 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mule Mountain | SSE 158° | 403 m | 8.9 mi |
| Tower Hill | N 350° | 400 m | 24.5 mi |
| Wildcat Mountain | E 101° | 385 m | 2.9 mi |
| Coot Mountain | SE 130° | 379 m | 2.4 mi |
| Tip Top Mountain | NNW 339° | 377 m | 3.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:51 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:11 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 37 | 47 | 57 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eminence 1 NW, 5 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Feb–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 482 | 573 | 772 | 909 | 824 | 480 | 281 | 225 | 214 | 237 | 424 | 466 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Jacks Fork at Eminence, MO, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- marginal wood fern11 obs
- Virginia saxifrage6 obs
- Pipevine Swallowtail5 obs
- Northern Map Turtle4 obs
- common serviceberry4 obs
- Rose Pogonia4 obs
- Rainbow Darter4 obs
- Eastern Beebalm4 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/6696625902
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