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Pulltite Spring

Pulltite Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Pulltite Spring is a spring in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 239 m. Red Hill stands 410 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Fire Hydrant Spring, a spring 0.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 90 miles off. 144 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.33491, -91.49023

144 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 34
  • Fire Hydrant Spring: 0.2 mi
  • Cave Spring: 2.0 mi
  • Watson Spring: 2.6 mi
  • White Oak Spring: 3.1 mi
  • Round Spring: 5.8 mi
Peaks: 25
Parks: 24
Cliffs: 18
Ghost towns: 10
Historic sites: 8
Attractions: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Pulltite: 0.8 mi
  • Beach 3: 14.9 mi
  • Beach 2: 14.9 mi
  • Beach 3: 15.0 mi
Museums: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Natural arches: 2
  • Round Spring Natural Bridge: 5.8 mi
  • Turner Natural Bridge: 15.8 mi
Artworks: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rocky Falls: 22.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Red HillNE 51°410 m17.8 mi
Stegall MountainSE 138°409 m23.9 mi
Thorny MountainSE 134°405 m23.9 mi
Mule MountainSE 141°403 m23.1 mi
Tower HillNNE 26°400 m16.0 mi
Wildcat MountainSE 126°385 m17.4 mi
Coot MountainSE 130°379 m17.3 mi
Tip Top MountainESE 123°377 m11.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4419:18
June solstice05:4619:5220:31
September equinox06:5418:3019:05
December solstice07:1716:1216:52

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333646566473777668564536
Precip in2.73.64.14.86.24.34.64.33.83.34.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Round Spring 2SW, 6 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–May — fullest in May, leanest in Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs395464707831867467352318264244359362

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Current River above Akers, MO, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Wood Duck10 obs
  • Canadian lousewort8 obs
  • common jewelweed7 obs
  • Spicebush Swallowtail7 obs
  • cardinal flower6 obs
  • northern maidenhair fern6 obs
  • Pipevine Swallowtail6 obs
  • bulblet 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/6696625872

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