Prewett Spring
Prewett Spring is a spring in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 277 m. Pilot Knob stands 372 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Cabbage Head, a peak 0.9 miles away. Great River Road passes 106 miles off. 92 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 106.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 15.0 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
92 named places within 25 miles
- Discharge pipe: 3.7 mi
- Slabtown Spring: 3.9 mi
- Miller Spring: 6.2 mi
- Hazelton Spring: 6.3 mi
- Falling Springs: 6.7 mi
- Rodeo Stadium: 4.9 mi
- Bosa Heights Park: 14.3 mi
- Fort Leonard Wood State Wildlife Management Area: 14.8 mi
- Saint Robert Municipal Park: 15.2 mi
- George M. Reed Roadside Park: 15.3 mi
- Peter A. Eck Conservation Area: 2.8 mi
- Ross Access: 4.0 mi
- George O. White State Forest Nursery: 10.2 mi
- Horseshoe Bend Natural Area: 17.8 mi
- Houston Towersite: 18.9 mi
- Pine Bluff: 2.6 mi
- Narrow Gap Bluff: 9.7 mi
- Bell Bluff: 15.0 mi
- White Rock Bluff: 20.4 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 21.2 mi
- U.S. Army Engineer, Chemical, and Military Police Museum: 9.7 mi
- Texas County Museum of Art: 13.5 mi
- Circus Sideshow Museum: 15.2 mi
- Old Stagecoach Stop: 16.9 mi
- Pulaski County Museum: 16.9 mi
- Cabbage Head: 0.9 mi
- Deckers Point: 12.4 mi
- Lost Hill: 14.5 mi
- Pilot Knob: 20.1 mi
- Uranus, Missouri: 15.2 mi
- Frog Rock: 16.6 mi
- John's "Modern" Cabins: 23.4 mi
- Sugar Tree Outer Road, Dead Ends: 23.9 mi
- Paddy Creek Natural Arch: 3.7 mi
- Natural Bridge: 18.0 mi
- Truck Parking: 24.3 mi
- Truck Parking: 24.5 mi
- Dad's Garden: 15.5 mi
- Trail of Tears Memorial: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Prewett Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Knob | NE 45° | 372 m | 20.1 mi |
| Cabbage Head | E 88° | 332 m | 0.9 mi |
| Lost Hill | N 355° | 241 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 36 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Leonard Wood, 10 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Feb–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 559 | 649 | 904 | 1,044 | 978 | 545 | 305 | 268 | 258 | 262 | 489 | 476 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Big Piney River near Big Piney, MO, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- American lotus3 obs
- box elder2 obs
- Common Raccoon1 obs
- Persian silk tree1 obs
- Polyphemus Moth1 obs
- broadleaf arrowhead1 obs
- purple coneflower1 obs
- common serviceberry1 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/9158353116
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