Rock Springs
Rock Springs is a spring in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 94 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Sulfur Spring, a spring 1.1 miles away. GREEN MOUNTAIN BYWAY passes 7.4 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 7.4 mi off the GREEN MOUNTAIN BYWAY
- 12.0 mi off the RIV OF LKS HRTG CORR, National
- 19.0 mi off the FLORIDA BLACK BEAR, National
Overlooks nearby
- Green Mountain Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Riverbend Park and Boat Ramp: 4.8 mi
- Dream Lake Park: 5.0 mi
- Wekiva Canterclub Park: 5.3 mi
- Nancy Lou Road Park: 5.4 mi
- Edwards Field: 5.4 mi
- Apopka Wildlife Nature Drive: 7.0 mi
- Mount Dora Lighthouse: 9.0 mi
- ZOOm Air Orlando: 12.3 mi
- College Park Pool: 14.5 mi
- Orlando Sign: 15.9 mi
- Sulfur Spring: 1.1 mi
- Witherington Spring: 1.9 mi
- Barrel Spring: 3.6 mi
- Wekiwa Springs: 4.0 mi
- Wekiwa Spring: 4.0 mi
- Museum of the Apopkans: 5.9 mi
- Modernism Museum: 9.1 mi
- Mount Dora History Museum: 9.1 mi
- Lake Mary Historical Museum: 10.9 mi
- Seminole County Historical Headquarters and Museum: 12.3 mi
- Holiday Highlands Sanctuary: 6.0 mi
- Wolf Branch Sink Preserve: 6.6 mi
- Lower Wekiva River Preserve State Park: 7.4 mi
- Black Bear Wilderness Area: 11.0 mi
- Lake Norris Conservation Area Addition: 11.0 mi
- Eihei: 9.1 mi
- Nurture Art Sculpture: 9.3 mi
- Alligator Sculpture: 12.3 mi
- Miracles of Jesus 1: 14.9 mi
- Miracles of Jesus 2: 14.9 mi
- Apopka Schoolhouse Plaque: 5.5 mi
- Hero's Park: 9.9 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 13.1 mi
- F-15 Eagle: 13.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 14.7 mi
- Apopka Community Garden: 6.2 mi
- Reiter Park Butterfly Garden: 9.8 mi
- Seminole State College Butterfly Garden: 11.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 12.4 mi
- Jim Houser Azalea Garden: 12.5 mi
- Lake Baldwin Park Beach: 16.4 mi
- Howling Dog Beach: 23.7 mi
- The Sandbox: 24.1 mi
- Conrad Beach: 24.1 mi
- South Beach: 24.3 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 15.9 mi
- Tomato Hill: 20.7 mi
- Big Thunder Mountain: 23.7 mi
- Acron: 17.0 mi
- Kismet: 21.1 mi
- Villa City: 23.2 mi
- Caldwell Point: 13.9 mi
- Bowers Bluff: 24.1 mi
- Central Florida Bible Camp: 9.3 mi
- Little Big Econ Pavilion: 23.8 mi
- Silver Creek Falls: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rock Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | WSW 242° | 94 m | 15.9 mi |
| Tomato Hill | W 281° | 50 m | 20.7 mi |
| Big Thunder Mountain | SSW 192° | 32 m | 23.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:07 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:29 | 19:53 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:53 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:59 | 17:34 |
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 | 61 | 64 | 70 | 76 | 81 | 83 | 82 | 80 | 74 | 66 | 61 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 8.5 | 6.3 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Plymouth 1ssw, 4 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jul–Oct — fullest in Sep, leanest in May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 277 | 281 | 277 | 245 | 222 | 261 | 311 | 338 | 381 | 331 | 268 | 265 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Wekiva River Near Sanford, FL, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Redbreast Sunfish56 obs
- Great Egret49 obs
- White-tailed Deer44 obs
- American Alligator36 obs
- Coralberry34 obs
- pickerelweed31 obs
- Little Blue Heron30 obs
- Great Blue Heron28 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/3177039652
Day trips start here
- Universal Orlando · 20 mi
- Orlando · 21 mi
- Walt Disney World · 26 mi
- Walt Disney World/Epcot · 26 mi
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