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Jackson Blue Spring

Jackson Blue Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Jackson Blue Spring is a spring in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. Falling Water Hill stands 97 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Springs Recreational Area, a park 0.1 miles away. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Jackson Blue is one of the cave systems feeding the Merritt Mill Pond near Marianna, FL. It has a beautiful cavern zone, and the cave system is is beautiful, with clean white limestone.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates30.79045, -85.14011
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Shangrila Springs: 0.2 mi
  • Indian Washtub Spring: 0.3 mi
  • Twin Caves Spring: 0.4 mi
  • Holeintherock Spring: 1.1 mi
  • Gator Spring: 1.8 mi
Parks: 37
  • Blue Springs Recreational Area: 0.1 mi
  • Citizen's Lodge Park: 4.6 mi
  • City of Marianna Madison Street Park: 5.2 mi
  • Florida Caverns State Park: 5.7 mi
  • Historical Joseph W. Russ House & Visitor Center: 5.8 mi
Nature reserves: 20
Historic sites: 9
  • CCC Built Fish Hatchery: 6.5 mi
  • Tank: 14.5 mi
  • Saint Paul High School: 18.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 18.2 mi
  • Caboose: 18.4 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Sixteenth Hill: 12.5 mi
  • Hickory Hill: 17.1 mi
  • High Hill: 20.9 mi
  • Falling Water Hill: 23.8 mi
  • Orange Hill: 23.8 mi
Rest areas: 5
Attractions: 2
  • Sugar Mill: 5.0 mi
  • Caverns Visitors Center: 5.3 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Cane Field: 5.0 mi
Artworks: 1
  • CCC Worker: 5.3 mi
Museums: 1
  • Panhandle Pioneer Settlement: 23.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Falling Water Sink: 23.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Falling Water HillW 260°97 m23.8 mi
High HillW 259°94 m20.9 mi
Orange HillWSW 250°87 m23.8 mi
Sixteenth HillESE 106°61 m12.5 mi
Nearing HillW 265°50 m24.7 mi
Sand HillW 269°47 m24.2 mi
Hickory HillSE 134°40 m17.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:2118:52
June solstice05:3919:1219:47
September equinox06:3018:0718:39
December solstice06:3516:0716:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525562687681838279706054
Precip in4.04.55.03.73.15.15.14.94.13.13.74.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marianna Muni AP, 4 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs9891,2311,1811,186707535615570519407470759

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Chipola River AT Marianna FL, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Wildlife nearby
  • Pond Slider8 obs
  • Little Blue Heron6 obs
  • Florida Apple Snail6 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant6 obs
  • Black Vulture4 obs
  • Mallard4 obs
  • Florida Bass4 obs
  • White Tubercled Crayfish3 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/3160594071

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