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Hornsby Spring

Hornsby Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Hornsby Spring is a spring in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Underwood Hill stands 55 m to the southeast, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Hirschi Prayer Park, a park 0.1 miles away. OLD FLORIDA HERITAGE passes 22 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates29.85036, -82.59320

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hirschi Prayer Park: 0.1 mi
  • High Springs Civic Center Park: 1.2 mi
  • McCall Park: 1.3 mi
  • Catherine Taylor Park: 2.0 mi
  • Playground: 2.9 mi
Springs
  • Ala11297 Spring: 0.7 mi
  • Treehouse Rise: 0.7 mi
  • Col428981 Spring: 0.8 mi
  • Darby Spring: 0.8 mi
  • Columbia Rise: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves: 28
Historic sites: 17
  • Medal of Honor: 19.1 mi
  • Vombat Wounded Veterans: 19.1 mi
  • They Serve to Protect Us: 19.1 mi
  • Peace Time Soldier Always at War: 19.2 mi
  • Timucua Burial Mound: 19.7 mi
Artworks: 15
Gardens: 14
Museums: 11
Attractions: 11
Peaks: 2
  • Underwood Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Spring Hill: 3.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • 38th Street Park Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
  • Oak Canopy Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Underwood HillSE 129°55 m2.5 mi
Spring HillESE 109°43 m3.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1119:42
June solstice06:3120:0020:35
September equinox07:1918:5719:28
December solstice07:2317:0017:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535661677580818178706256
Precip in3.73.13.92.83.46.77.17.25.43.52.22.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — High Springs, 2 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs527815864644420349555715636912450458

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Santa FE River AT US Hwy 441 Near High Springs,fl., under a mile away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Brown Darter34 obs
  • Eastern Lubber Grasshopper29 obs
  • Golden Silk Spider25 obs
  • Tadpole Madtom19 obs
  • White-tailed Deer18 obs
  • Powdered Dancer17 obs
  • Blue-ringed Dancer17 obs
  • Smoky Rubyspot16 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/3123677782

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