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Suwanacoochee Spring

Suwanacoochee Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Suwanacoochee Spring is a spring in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Rocky Hill stands 47 m to the southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Ellaville Spring, a spring 0.2 miles away. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates30.38667, -83.17177

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Ellaville Spring: 0.2 mi
  • Lime Spring: 0.4 mi
  • SUW923971: 0.5 mi
  • Lime Run Spring: 0.6 mi
  • SUW923972: 1.5 mi
Attractions: 58
  • Wahee Cyclone: 24.5 mi
  • Bonzai Pipelines: 24.5 mi
  • Kalani Blsaters: 24.5 mi
  • Catchawave bay: 24.5 mi
  • Paradise River: 24.5 mi
Parks: 20
  • Gibson County Park: 5.9 mi
  • Madison Blue Springs State Park: 7.6 mi
  • First Federal Park and Sportsplex: 12.6 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial: 12.7 mi
  • Millenium Park: 12.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Museums: 2
Peaks: 2
  • Jim Mike Hill: 21.3 mi
  • Rocky Hill: 22.8 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • The House of Seven Gables: 23.0 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rocky HillSE 132°47 m22.8 mi
Jim Mike HillE 97°24 m21.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1319:45
June solstice06:3220:0320:39
September equinox07:2218:5919:31
December solstice07:2617:0117:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F576065717782848380736459
Precip in4.83.55.03.52.66.86.45.65.04.02.12.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Live OAK, 14 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs6,0538,72711,08310,5785,7624,1574,4865,5255,1714,6403,2594,081

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Suwannee River AT Ellaville, Fla, under a mile away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Eastern Fence Lizard15 obs
  • Golden Silk Spider15 obs
  • prairie phlox13 obs
  • Green Anole12 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel9 obs
  • butterfly milkweed9 obs
  • American holly9 obs
  • Southern Toad9 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/3170868720

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