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Silver Glen Springs

Silver Glen Springs, seen from above at true elevation

Silver Glen Springs is a spring in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Shell Mound stands 2 m to the southeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Silver Glen Springs Natural Well, a spring less than a tenth of a mile away. FLORIDA BLACK BEAR runs past it.

How to reach it

Coordinates29.24584, -81.64347

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Springs: 45
  • Silver Glen Springs Natural Well: 0.0 mi
  • Center Run Spring #1: 0.2 mi
  • Center Run Spring #2: 0.2 mi
  • NO WADING SPRING: 0.2 mi
  • Boardwalk Spring: 0.2 mi
Nature reserves: 13
  • Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refugee: 18.2 mi
  • Ellis Acres Reserve: 18.4 mi
  • Sunnyhill Conservation Area - North Tract: 18.9 mi
  • Holman Conservation Easement: 20.2 mi
  • Sunnyhill Restoration Area - West Tract: 20.4 mi
Museums: 4
Cliffs: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Historic sites: 2
Artworks: 2
Gardens: 2
Beaches: 2
Peaks: 1
  • Shell Mound: 7.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shell MoundSE 125°2 m7.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0719:38
June solstice06:2919:5520:30
September equinox07:1618:5319:25
December solstice07:1716:5817:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F586065717681828380746660
Precip in2.82.72.82.44.07.66.87.15.93.52.12.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Crescent City, 15 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs3,2882,4662,1381,9161,3292,0313,1433,6394,6965,9415,1344,171

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge St. Johns River AT Astor, FL, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Florida Scrub-Jay65 obs
  • Black Vulture35 obs
  • Silk Bay33 obs
  • Southern Two-striped Walkingstick22 obs
  • sand live oak21 obs
  • Eastern Towhee19 obs
  • Golden Silk Spider19 obs
  • sand pine18 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.

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OpenStreetMap element node/3174198215

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