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Gamblin Spring

Gamblin Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Gamblin Spring is a spring in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 316 m. Crooked Hill stands 410 m to the east-northeast, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Rattlesnake Spring, a spring 2.8 miles away. Great River Road passes 72 miles off. 113 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.66817, -91.38930

113 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 24
  • Rattlesnake Spring: 2.8 mi
  • Wishing Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Howes Mill Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Woodlock Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Schafer Spring: 19.4 mi
Parks: 24
  • Bonebrake: 8.0 mi
  • Center Street Park: 8.1 mi
  • Roadside Park: 8.1 mi
  • Craig Plaza: 8.2 mi
  • First Baptist Courtyard: 8.4 mi
Peaks: 18
Ghost towns: 14
Historic sites: 10
Cliffs: 5
Nature reserves: 4
Museums: 4
Attractions: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Wolf Pen Hollow Waterfall: 20.3 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Canoe Tower: 20.7 mi
Gardens: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Point Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Turner Natural Bridge: 22.5 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Pulltite: 23.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crooked HillENE 63°410 m7.1 mi
Sullivan HillNE 50°410 m11.5 mi
Red HillSE 145°410 m14.4 mi
Camels HumpNE 37°406 m8.6 mi
Hedley KnobNE 52°404 m10.7 mi
Tower HillS 171°400 m8.7 mi
Blue KnobNW 317°392 m11.9 mi
Bald KnobNE 55°392 m13.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:18
June solstice05:4519:5220:31
September equinox06:5418:3019:04
December solstice07:1816:1016:51

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323746566472767568574536
Precip in2.72.84.05.05.64.23.74.34.03.73.92.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salem, 8 mi away.

  • cardinal flower1 obs
  • Viceroy1 obs
  • Goldenseal1 obs
  • Cutleaf Grapefern1 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/5676233067

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