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Moody Spring

Moody Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Moody Spring is a spring in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 713 m. Flat Mountain stands 1,198 m to the north-northeast, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Cherry Hill Recreation Area, a park 0.2 miles away. Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway runs past it.

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Coordinates34.94531, -83.08951

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cherry Hill Recreation Area: 0.2 mi
  • Sloan Bridge Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
  • Oconee Station State Historic Site: 6.9 mi
  • Station Creek Cove Botanical Area: 7.3 mi
  • Chattooga Wild and Scenic River: 7.6 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Miuka Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Lower Miuka Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Little Miuka Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Deadfall Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Prospector Falls: 1.2 mi
Museums: 19
Historic sites: 16
Cliffs: 14
Artworks: 11
Attractions: 7
Nature reserves: 5
Beaches: 5
  • Sandstone Beach: 10.1 mi
  • North Beach: 12.4 mi
  • South Beach: 13.1 mi
  • Sandbar Pool Beach: 15.9 mi
  • East Beach: 22.8 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Common Gardening: 13.3 mi
  • Common Gardening: 13.4 mi
  • Rose Garden: 22.2 mi
  • English Garden: 22.2 mi
  • Franklin Garden: 23.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • Cool Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Indian Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • South: 13.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Moody Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Flat MountainNNE 20°1,198 m6.7 mi
Ellicott MountainN 10°1,137 m5.1 mi
Round MountainNNE 27°1,125 m6.4 mi
Glade MountainNW 323°1,060 m5.0 mi
Brushy MountainN 353°1,055 m6.3 mi
Grassy KnobNNE 32°1,040 m6.8 mi
Bull Pen MountainNNW 341°1,014 m6.1 mi
Slick RockNNW 329°1,010 m6.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1119:44
June solstice06:2020:1320:50
September equinox07:2118:5719:31
December solstice07:3716:4617:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374045536067706964544639
Precip in8.16.27.36.76.67.87.18.97.66.47.07.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jocassee 8 WNW, 3 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Feb, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs255265221227208142145138126153152238

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Chattooga River AT Burrells Ford, NR Pine Mtn, GA, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Wildlife nearby
  • downy rattlesnake plantain21 obs
  • Halberd-leaved violet12 obs
  • galax11 obs
  • Christmas fern10 obs
  • pink lady's slipper7 obs
  • partridgeberry7 obs
  • Dwarf Iris7 obs
  • Cucumber Root6 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/3169571111

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