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Heilbronn Spring

Heilbronn Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Heilbronn Spring is a spring in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 40 m. The nearest named place is Lake Butler Wildlife Management Area Raiford Tract, a park 4.2 miles away. JC PENNEY MEM HWY passes 19 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates30.02405, -82.15541

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves: 12
Springs: 7
  • Lake Lowry West Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Lake Lowery North Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Lake Lowery East Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Worthington Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Col61982 Spring: 23.2 mi
Museums: 3
  • Eugene l. Matthews historical museum: 6.2 mi
  • Union County Historical Museum: 11.2 mi
  • Waldo Historical Railway Museum: 16.2 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Stations of the Cross: 23.9 mi
  • The Crucifixion: 24.0 mi
  • Mary, Queen of Heaven: 24.0 mi
Attractions: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Olustee Beach: 21.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0919:40
June solstice06:2919:5820:34
September equinox07:1818:5519:27
December solstice07:2116:5817:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575964707782838380736559
Precip in4.03.03.12.63.78.27.16.45.94.32.32.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Starke, 6 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Feb–Mar, Aug–Oct — fullest in Aug, leanest in Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs11321421610677.610813825124917037.1101

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge New River NR Lake Butler Fla, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Red-shouldered Hawk2 obs
  • American Robin2 obs
  • Western Honey Bee2 obs
  • coral honeysuckle2 obs
  • Common Lovebug2 obs
  • Brown-shaded Gray2 obs
  • White Ibis1 obs
  • Carolina Wren1 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/3123569217

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