Mud Spring
Mud Spring is a spring in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Shell Mound stands 2 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Sulphur Springs, a spring 0.2 miles away. FLORIDA BLACK BEAR passes 2.5 miles off. 101 named places lie within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the FLORIDA BLACK BEAR, National
- 18.9 mi off the HRTG CROSSROADS HWY
- 11.4 mi off the RIV OF LKS HRTG CORR, National
- 26.9 mi off the OLD FLORIDA HERITAGE
Overlooks nearby
- Giant Cypress · 8 mi
101 named places within 25 miles
- 40 Acre Park: 0.9 mi
- Willard Hazen Ball Park: 4.0 mi
- Lake Broward Park: 5.0 mi
- Lake Delancy Recreation Area: 7.7 mi
- Harry Banks Community Park: 8.8 mi
- Sulphur Springs: 0.2 mi
- Beecher Springs: 1.2 mi
- Welaka Spring: 2.4 mi
- Satsuma Spring: 3.7 mi
- Salt Springs: 8.8 mi
- Saint Johns River Center: 13.0 mi
- David Browning Railroad Museum: 13.1 mi
- Putnam County Museum: 13.2 mi
- Bronson Mulholland House: 13.2 mi
- Flagler County Historical Society: 24.3 mi
- Sunday Bluff: 15.7 mi
- Morrison Bluff: 20.7 mi
- Palmetto Bluff: 21.7 mi
- Pine Bluff: 23.2 mi
- Large Cypress Tree: 15.9 mi
- Orange Creek Restoration Area: 24.3 mi
- Edgar Post Office: 19.8 mi
- Pyramid: 24.4 mi
- Crones Cradle Conservation Easement: 23.4 mi
- Ordway-Swisher Biological Station: 23.9 mi
- Kerr City: 9.6 mi
- Shell Mound: 20.6 mi
- Carver Community Garden: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mud Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shell Mound | SSE 159° | 2 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:07 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:28 | 19:55 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:53 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:57 | 17:33 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 58 | 60 | 65 | 71 | 76 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 80 | 74 | 66 | 60 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 5.9 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Crescent City, 9 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan, Aug–Nov — fullest in Oct, leanest in May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 641 | 611 | 546 | 414 | 324 | 427 | 607 | 784 | 838 | 1,055 | 706 | 535 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Dunns Creek Near Satsuma, FL, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- orange milkwort18 obs
- Small butterwort13 obs
- Green Anole9 obs
- American sweetgum7 obs
- fetterbush lyonia7 obs
- Sandhill Crane7 obs
- Pygmy Rattlesnake6 obs
- cinnamon fern6 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/3180272521
Day trips start here
- Palm Coast · 29 mi
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