Richmond Spring
Richmond Spring is a spring in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 322 m. Corn Hill stands 364 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Backbone Fish Hatchery (ruins), a historic site 0.4 miles away. River Bluffs Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 10.5 mi off the River Bluffs Scenic Byway
- 13.3 mi off the Delaware Crossing Scenic Byway
- 24.9 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Maquoketa River Angler Access Easement: 1.5 mi
- Maquoketa River Angler Access Easement: 1.9 mi
- Joy Springs Wildlife Management Area: 3.6 mi
- Wehner Woods: 4.6 mi
- Stone's Plantation: 5.2 mi
- Campbell Park: 2.5 mi
- Joy Springs Park: 3.2 mi
- Gifford Railroad Right of Way: 7.5 mi
- Edgewood City Park: 7.9 mi
- City Park: 9.5 mi
- Red Barn Model Railroad Museum: 3.1 mi
- Wilder Memorial Museum: 3.3 mi
- Ecology Nature Center: 15.8 mi
- Carter House Museum: 16.9 mi
- Plagmans Barn Museum: 17.5 mi
- York: 5.8 mi
- Littleport: 12.5 mi
- Elkport: 16.0 mi
- Doris: 17.0 mi
- Hartwick: 18.6 mi
- Wolf Hill: 3.7 mi
- Pilot Knob: 10.0 mi
- Bear Hill: 11.3 mi
- Chicken Ridge: 13.5 mi
- Corn Hill: 14.7 mi
- Backbone Fish Hatchery (ruins): 0.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 11.9 mi
- Wadena Veteran's Memorial: 14.8 mi
- Voie de la Liberté 1944 Milestone: 24.7 mi
- Richardson-Jakway House: 9.4 mi
- Manchester Fish Hatchery: 14.7 mi
- World's Largest Strawberry: 3.3 mi
- Waterfalls: 15.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Richmond Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corn Hill | NW 322° | 364 m | 14.7 mi |
| Bear Hill | NW 315° | 360 m | 11.3 mi |
| Chicken Ridge | NNE 26° | 355 m | 13.5 mi |
| Wolf Hill | SSE 163° | 339 m | 3.7 mi |
| Pilot Knob | N 358° | 329 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:41 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 20:05 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 15:51 | 16:36 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 16 | 21 | 33 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 6.7 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elkader 6 SSW, 11 mi away.
- Virginia bluebells19 obs
- Golden Oyster Mushroom12 obs
- common soapwort11 obs
- red columbine9 obs
- flowering spurge8 obs
- sharp-lobed hepatica8 obs
- smooth cliffbrake7 obs
- Canadian lousewort6 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/4145418854
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