Gadsen Spring
Gadsen Spring is a spring in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Falling Water Hill stands 97 m to the west, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Spring, a spring 0.5 miles away. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Spring: 0.5 mi
- Double Spring: 0.9 mi
- Raccoon Spring: 1.0 mi
- Dry Creek Rise: 1.0 mi
- Coffin Spring: 1.1 mi
- Historical Joseph W. Russ House & Visitor Center: 6.0 mi
- City of Marianna Madison Street Park: 6.2 mi
- Citizen's Lodge Park: 7.6 mi
- Florida Caverns State Park: 8.2 mi
- Blue Springs Recreational Area: 10.6 mi
- High Hill: 11.8 mi
- Orange Hill: 13.7 mi
- Falling Water Hill: 14.8 mi
- Nearing Hill: 16.2 mi
- Sand Hill: 16.4 mi
- Judges Cave Wildlife and Environmental Area: 7.3 mi
- Chipola Wildlife Management Area: 14.6 mi
- Holmes Creek Tract: 19.9 mi
- Apalachee Wildlife Management Area: 21.2 mi
- Apalachee Wildlife Management Area: 22.9 mi
- Jackson County Rest Area Westbound: 4.3 mi
- Jackson County Rest Area Eastbound: 4.3 mi
- Jackson County Welcome Station: 21.4 mi
- Alabama Welcome Center: 22.2 mi
- Gadsden County Rest Area: 24.2 mi
- CCC Built Fish Hatchery: 8.3 mi
- Saint Paul High School: 17.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 17.6 mi
- Tank: 22.4 mi
- Sugar Mill: 8.2 mi
- Caverns Visitors Center: 8.3 mi
- Seacrest Wolf Preserve: 21.8 mi
- Cane Field: 8.2 mi
- CCC Worker: 8.3 mi
- Falling Water Sink: 14.4 mi
- Panhandle Pioneer Settlement: 21.4 mi
- Alum Bluff: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gadsen Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falling Water Hill | W 278° | 97 m | 14.8 mi |
| High Hill | W 279° | 94 m | 11.8 mi |
| Orange Hill | W 260° | 87 m | 13.7 mi |
| Mud Hill | WSW 253° | 87 m | 20.6 mi |
| Sexton Hill | WSW 250° | 86 m | 18.0 mi |
| Weaver Hill | WSW 254° | 84 m | 21.6 mi |
| Sand Mountain | SW 235° | 83 m | 17.3 mi |
| Chalk Hill | WSW 241° | 82 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:12 | 19:48 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:07 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 06:35 | 16:08 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 55 | 62 | 68 | 76 | 81 | 83 | 82 | 79 | 70 | 60 | 54 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marianna Muni AP, 11 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Apr — fullest in Feb, leanest in Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 989 | 1,231 | 1,181 | 1,186 | 707 | 535 | 615 | 570 | 519 | 407 | 470 | 759 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Chipola River AT Marianna FL, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- green comet milkweed2 obs
- Tri-coloured Bat2 obs
- smoky balm2 obs
- Loggerhead Musk Turtle1 obs
- American pokeweed1 obs
- red columbine1 obs
- American tuliptree1 obs
- white fringetree1 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/3157415972
Day trips start here
- Florida Panhandle · 20 mi
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