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Swiney Spring

Swiney Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Swiney Spring is a spring in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 290 m. Goggins Mountain stands 452 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Turner Natural Bridge, a natural arch 2.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 79 miles off. 142 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.35997, -91.24201

142 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 38
  • Rock Spring: 2.5 mi
  • Laxton Spring: 3.7 mi
  • McIntire Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Spout Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Stroup Spring: 8.7 mi
Peaks: 30
Cliffs: 20
Parks: 17
Ghost towns: 14
Nature reserves: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Pulltite: 13.0 mi
  • Beach 3: 15.2 mi
  • Beach 2: 15.3 mi
  • Beach 3: 15.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Attractions: 3
  • Cross Country Trail Rides: 15.3 mi
  • Welch Spring: 18.4 mi
  • The Deer Statue: 25.0 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Ozark Trail Southern John Roth Memorial: 18.3 mi
  • Welch Spring Hospital: 18.4 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 22.0 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Turner Natural Bridge: 2.2 mi
  • Round Spring Natural Bridge: 10.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rocky Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Wolf Pen Hollow Waterfall: 24.5 mi
Artworks: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Goggins MountainENE 57°452 m23.0 mi
Red HillN 1°410 m9.5 mi
Crooked HillN 356°410 m24.5 mi
Stegall MountainS 173°409 m19.6 mi
Thorny MountainS 169°405 m18.7 mi
Lee MountainENE 65°405 m23.7 mi
Mule MountainS 177°403 m19.7 mi
Tower HillNNW 332°400 m14.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4319:17
June solstice05:4519:5120:30
September equinox06:5318:2919:04
December solstice07:1616:1116:51

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333646566473777668564536
Precip in2.73.64.14.86.24.34.64.33.83.34.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Round Spring 2SW, 12 mi away.

  • blue ash2 obs
  • Timber Rattlesnake1 obs
  • Coyote1 obs
  • hoary puccoon1 obs
  • showy lady's slipper1 obs
  • bastard toadflax1 obs
  • black maidenhair fern1 obs
  • Hooked buttercup1 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/6696625722

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