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San Pedro Spring

San Pedro Spring, seen from above at true elevation

San Pedro Spring is a spring in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 205 m. Black Hill stands 484 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is San Pedro Springs Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.5 miles off.

important spring eminating from the Edwards Aquifer

How to reach it

Coordinates29.44713, -98.50166

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • San Pedro Springs Park: 0.0 mi
  • Crockett Park: 0.6 mi
  • Garcia Park: 0.8 mi
  • Ojeda Park: 1.1 mi
  • Romana Plaza Park: 1.1 mi
Peaks
  • Hillcrest: 4.6 mi
  • Ninemile Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Prickly Pear Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Curly Hill: 8.9 mi
  • Calf Hill: 9.4 mi
Museums: 58
Attractions: 49
  • Scobee Planetarium: 0.3 mi
  • Terror Mansion: 0.4 mi
  • River boat boarding: 1.2 mi
  • boat ride boarding: 1.4 mi
  • Murchison Tower: 1.5 mi
Artworks: 42
  • Vision del Futuro: 0.4 mi
  • 3D glasses for Vision del Futuro Mural: 0.4 mi
  • Beacon Hill Obelisk: 1.1 mi
  • The Grotto by Carlos Cortes: 1.2 mi
  • F.I.S.H.: 1.3 mi
Gardens: 16
Ghost towns: 12
Springs: 10
  • Huesta Springs: 15.2 mi
  • Panther Springs: 16.4 mi
  • Devine Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Walnut Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Cherry Spring: 17.4 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Picnic sites: 2
Cliffs: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of San Pedro Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black HillNW 306°484 m17.3 mi
Round HillNW 326°465 m20.3 mi
Cross MountainNNW 326°460 m17.9 mi
High HillNNW 348°456 m16.9 mi
Leon HillNNW 347°451 m15.5 mi
Sykes HillN 349°449 m18.2 mi
Butte HillN 350°449 m18.5 mi
Aue HillNNW 336°444 m16.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1419:46
June solstice06:3620:0320:38
September equinox07:2319:0119:32
December solstice07:2517:0517:41

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525662697682848579716053
Precip in2.21.92.42.34.43.62.42.43.93.92.52.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Antonio Incarnate Word, 2 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Feb, Apr–Jun, Oct — fullest in May, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs46.648.945.447.361.754.436.931.844.546.845.245.9

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge San Antonio Rv at San Antonio, TX, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Eastern Fox Squirrel2,609 obs
  • American Robin2,130 obs
  • House Sparrow1,849 obs
  • Mallard1,784 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle1,543 obs
  • straggler daisy1,539 obs
  • Common Pill Woodlouse1,471 obs
  • ballmoss1,298 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/922078920

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