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Short Spring

Short Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Short Spring is a spring in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 287 m. Big Butte stands 612 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Short Springs Natural Area, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away.

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Coordinates35.40440, -86.17812
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 53
Cliffs: 20
Museums: 8
  • Hands-On Science Center: 3.0 mi
  • Tullahoma History Museum: 3.7 mi
  • Beechcraft Heritage Museum: 4.3 mi
  • Park Office / Visitor Center / Museum / Gift Shop: 7.1 mi
  • Tennessee Walking Horse National Museum: 12.2 mi
Nature reserves: 7
  • Short Springs Natural Area: 0.8 mi
  • May Prairie Designated State Natural Area: 9.2 mi
  • May Prairie Designated State Natural Area: 9.5 mi
  • Hickory Flat Woods WMA: 9.9 mi
  • Tims Ford Nature Center: 13.4 mi
Historic sites: 6
  • B.H. Goethert Memorial Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Jack Daniel: 13.5 mi
  • Beech Grove Confederate Cemetery: 15.7 mi
  • Bellbuckle Caboose: 16.2 mi
  • Rebel's Rest: 20.0 mi
Artworks: 4
  • University of Tennessee Mural: 15.5 mi
  • Dinah Shore Murals: 15.5 mi
  • Franklin County Mural: 15.5 mi
  • Tims Ford Lake Mural: 15.5 mi
Attractions: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Grundy Count Rest Area - West Bound: 21.0 mi
  • Grundy Count Rest Area - East Bound: 21.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Natural Spring House: 5.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Old Stone Fort Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
Gardens: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Sewanee Natural Bridge: 22.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Falls Branch Falls 15: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Short Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big ButteE 82°612 m14.7 mi
Pull Tight HillESE 103°598 m17.2 mi
Claibornes ViewSE 124°578 m19.3 mi
High TopSE 143°574 m17.2 mi
The BlockadeESE 110°567 m21.4 mi
Flat TopS 174°567 m21.8 mi
Crane TopSSE 168°562 m22.6 mi
Cape of Good HopeSE 136°558 m21.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2318:57
June solstice05:3119:2620:04
September equinox06:3318:1018:43
December solstice06:5115:5716:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394250596774787771604941
Precip in5.35.86.05.44.85.44.64.14.33.84.76.4

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

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs35439640627717986.369.955.258.955.2108246

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Duck River Below Manchester, TN, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Wildlife nearby
  • fan clubmoss34 obs
  • large white trillium32 obs
  • southern red trillium24 obs
  • sharp-lobed hepatica23 obs
  • wild geranium21 obs
  • Virginia bluebells20 obs
  • yellow trout lily18 obs
  • dwarf larkspur18 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/9075122763

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