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Pump Spring

Pump Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Pump Spring is a spring in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Rocky Hill stands 47 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Baptizing Spring, a spring 0.3 miles away. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates30.13879, -83.13527

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Baptizing Spring: 0.3 mi
  • Baptizing Spring: 0.3 mi
  • Walker Spring: 0.5 mi
  • Walker Spring: 0.5 mi
  • Orange Grove Karst Window: 0.8 mi
Parks: 14
  • Veteran's Memorial Park of Mayo: 6.5 mi
  • Troy Spring State Park: 12.4 mi
  • First Federal Park and Sportsplex: 12.5 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial: 14.1 mi
  • Millenium Park: 14.1 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Historic sites: 2
  • The House of Seven Gables: 6.4 mi
  • shipwreck: 17.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Peaks: 2
  • Rocky Hill: 14.9 mi
  • Jim Mike Hill: 23.9 mi
Attractions: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rocky HillE 83°47 m14.9 mi
Jim Mike HillNE 53°24 m23.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1319:44
June solstice06:3220:0320:38
September equinox07:2218:5919:31
December solstice07:2517:0117:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555864687580828278706357
Precip in4.73.44.23.13.17.67.68.15.43.12.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mayo, 4 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Feb–Apr — fullest in Mar, leanest in Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs5,4427,3579,4849,4065,7304,1614,6345,7525,8775,6433,5623,937

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Suwannee River AT Luraville, Fla., 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • southern sugar maple8 obs
  • green dragon7 obs
  • Swamp Leatherflower5 obs
  • Green Anole4 obs
  • strawberry bush4 obs
  • Eastern Giant Swallowtail4 obs
  • Aquatic Milkweed4 obs
  • Atamasco Lily4 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/3187571809

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