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Sun Springs

Sun Springs, seen from above at true elevation

Sun Springs is a spring in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Underwood Hill stands 55 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Lumber Camp Springs, a spring 0.2 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates29.70463, -82.93357

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Lumber Camp Springs: 0.2 mi
  • Lumbercamp Springs: 0.3 mi
  • Dix95971 Spring: 1.2 mi
  • Rock Sink Spring: 1.9 mi
  • Unnamed Spring 1: 2.0 mi
Parks: 36
  • Fort Fanning Park: 7.8 mi
  • J.T. Earl Park: 9.1 mi
  • Trenton High School Football Stadium: 9.1 mi
  • Trenton City Park: 9.6 mi
  • John O. Green Park: 10.2 mi
Nature reserves: 26
Attractions: 3
  • Trenton Train Station: 9.2 mi
  • Spring Dive Entrance: 15.1 mi
  • Naked Ed: 18.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Manatee: 15.1 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • shipwreck: 17.3 mi
Museums: 1
  • High Springs Museum: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Peaks: 1
  • Underwood Hill: 23.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Underwood HillENE 69°55 m23.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1219:44
June solstice06:3320:0120:36
September equinox07:2118:5819:30
December solstice07:2417:0217:38

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535661677479808078696155
Precip in4.13.93.72.43.46.67.89.24.93.52.42.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bell 4NW, 6 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs7,7938,82210,91711,9578,2536,4576,9768,1038,6077,7616,3926,360

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Suwannee River Near Bell, Florida, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Bartram's airplant3 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk2 obs
  • Painted Bunting2 obs
  • American Alligator2 obs
  • Green Anole2 obs
  • Pond Slider2 obs
  • Butterweed2 obs
  • Ruddy Bowfin2 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/1939149536

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