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Middle Spring

Middle Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Middle Spring is a spring in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 126 m. Wolf Mountain stands 281 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Hall's Creek Canyon Natural Area, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 77 miles off. 106 named places lie within 25 miles, 42 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.31710, -91.22509

106 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 42
  • Oaks Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Beard Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Ellison Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Levi Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Ward Hill: 4.7 mi
Parks: 32
  • Ravenden Bird sculpture: 5.8 mi
  • Imboden City Park: 8.3 mi
  • Harold E Alexander Wildlife Management Area: 13.2 mi
  • Walter Norman "Buck" Memorial Garden / Buford Beach: 13.8 mi
  • Old Davidsonville State Park: 14.5 mi
Springs: 12
  • Wautauga Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Catto Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Blue Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Jones Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Mud Spring: 16.7 mi
Cliffs: 5
Museums: 5
  • Eddie Mae Herron Center and Museum: 14.1 mi
  • Hardy History Museum: 14.3 mi
  • Randolph County Heritage Museum: 14.7 mi
  • Wings of Honor Museum: 21.3 mi
  • Hoxie First Stand Museum: 23.0 mi
Artworks: 4
  • Totem pole: 17.0 mi
  • Totem pole: 17.0 mi
  • Totem Pole: 17.1 mi
  • Guitar Walk: 22.8 mi
Historic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Nature reserves: 1
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wolf MountainNNE 18°281 m23.0 mi
Bald HillNNE 17°251 m19.9 mi
Britton HillWNW 296°250 m15.8 mi
Turkey KnobN 9°234 m24.7 mi
Rock Quarry HillWNW 287°233 m13.3 mi
Bowman HillW 264°230 m10.8 mi
Higgs MountainN 2°226 m9.8 mi
Bellah HillsNNE 30°225 m12.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4319:17
June solstice05:4819:4820:27
September equinox06:5418:2919:03
December solstice07:1316:1416:54

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F364049596876807871604839
Precip in3.83.94.75.45.43.53.63.93.83.94.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pocahontas 1, 15 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1,2811,3881,7142,0931,9281,2488927336566408831,091

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Eleven Point River near Ravenden Springs, AR, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Current Darter13 obs
  • Dark-sided salamander11 obs
  • purple-stem cliffbrake10 obs
  • Snakewort7 obs
  • Chinese privet5 obs
  • white oak4 obs
  • Creek Chub4 obs
  • Japanese honeysuckle4 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/12723843464

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