Lilly Spring
Lilly Spring is a spring in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Underwood Hill stands 55 m to the east, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Naked Ed, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. OLD FLORIDA HERITAGE passes 24 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 24.2 mi off the OLD FLORIDA HERITAGE
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Tower · 27 mi
- Observation Tower · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pickard Spring: 0.1 mi
- Col930971 Spring: 0.3 mi
- Knobby Path Spring - Col101971: 0.5 mi
- Poe Spring: 0.8 mi
- Mermaid Spring: 0.9 mi
- Gilchrist Blue Springs State Park: 1.2 mi
- Rum Island Park: 1.3 mi
- Playground: 3.0 mi
- McCall Park: 3.2 mi
- High Springs Civic Center Park: 3.9 mi
- Gichrist Blue Springs State Park: 1.2 mi
- Camp Kulaqua Conservation Easement: 4.0 mi
- Bell Ridge Longleaf Wildlife and Environmental Area: 6.0 mi
- Circle Pine Farm Agricultural and Conservation Easement: 7.0 mi
- Loncala, Inc. Conservation Easement #1: 7.8 mi
- shipwreck: 18.2 mi
- Medal of Honor: 20.6 mi
- Vombat Wounded Veterans: 20.6 mi
- They Serve to Protect Us: 20.6 mi
- Peace Time Soldier Always at War: 20.7 mi
- Artistic Ball: 21.5 mi
- 34th Street Wall: 21.5 mi
- Alpha Gator Statue: 22.3 mi
- Lion Statue: 22.4 mi
- Albert & Alberta: 22.4 mi
- Kanapaha Botanical Gardens: 21.4 mi
- Field & Fork Farm and Gardens: 22.0 mi
- Bat House Gardens: 22.0 mi
- Ficke Gardens: 22.1 mi
- University Gardens: 22.2 mi
- Naked Ed: 0.0 mi
- Trenton Train Station: 17.5 mi
- The Gainesville Solar Walk: 21.0 mi
- Bat House: 22.0 mi
- Bat House: 22.0 mi
- High Springs Museum: 3.8 mi
- Florida Museum of Natural History: 22.0 mi
- Archer Historical Society Railroad Museum: 22.2 mi
- Heritage Hall: 22.4 mi
- The Fred Bear Archery Museum: 22.5 mi
- Underwood Hill: 6.0 mi
- Spring Hill: 7.7 mi
- 38th Street Park Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
- Oak Canopy Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
- Traxler: 8.1 mi
- McMillan Bluff: 19.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lilly Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Underwood Hill | E 92° | 55 m | 6.0 mi |
| Spring Hill | E 89° | 43 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:11 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 20:00 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 17:00 | 17:36 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 53 | 56 | 61 | 67 | 75 | 80 | 81 | 81 | 78 | 70 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — High Springs, 4 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Feb–Apr, Aug–Oct — fullest in Sep, leanest in Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 1,325 | 1,506 | 1,702 | 1,602 | 1,309 | 1,255 | 1,373 | 1,618 | 1,874 | 1,674 | 1,302 | 1,224 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Santa FE River Near Fort White, Fla., 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Spotted Sunfish44 obs
- Smoky Rubyspot43 obs
- Eastern Lubber Grasshopper40 obs
- Redbreast Sunfish37 obs
- Southern Toad32 obs
- Blue-ringed Dancer28 obs
- River Cooter25 obs
- Bluegill25 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/3144959738
Day trips start here
- Lake City · 24 mi
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