The Big Spring
The Big Spring is a spring in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 226 m. Maple Hill stands 300 m to the south, 2.2 miles off. Whitefish Bay Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off. 114 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 17.6 mi off the Whitefish Bay Scenic Byway
114 named places within 25 miles
- Rudyard Township Park: 9.9 mi
- Furlong Memorial Park: 11.4 mi
- Trout Lake Township Park: 12.3 mi
- Brevort Township Community Recreation Area: 13.8 mi
- Kinross Lake Park: 14.7 mi
- Ku Wau Chee Ma Club: 9.3 mi
- Fred Dye Nature Sanctuary: 9.7 mi
- Trout Family Nature Preserve: 10.9 mi
- Anna Badgley Little Trout Lake Nature Preserve: 11.6 mi
- Muir Woods Nature Preserve: 11.6 mi
- Historic Caldwell Log Cabin: 14.8 mi
- Old Wilson School: 14.8 mi
- Grave of Father Marquette: 22.1 mi
- British Landing: 22.6 mi
- Fort Holmes: 24.3 mi
- Blacksmith Museum: 14.8 mi
- Kinross Heritage Park Blacksmith Shop: 14.8 mi
- Kinross Heritage and Military Museum: 14.8 mi
- Kinross Heritage Park & Military Museum: 14.8 mi
- Wheels of History Museum: 18.1 mi
- Maple Hill: 2.2 mi
- Rabbit Back Peak: 18.7 mi
- Castle Rock: 19.4 mi
- Mission Hill: 20.2 mi
- Horse Rock Point: 20.5 mi
- Dukes Lake Beach: 17.1 mi
- Chain Lake Beach: 21.6 mi
- Kiwanis Beach: 22.1 mi
- Saint Ignace Rest Area: 21.3 mi
- Saint Ignace Welcome Center: 23.6 mi
- Sault Sainte Marie Rest Area: 24.9 mi
- Mystery Spot: 21.8 mi
- Crack in the Island: 23.4 mi
- Dablott Spring: 23.4 mi
- Dwightwood Springs: 24.6 mi
- Carletonville: 11.1 mi
- Manitou Payment Highbanks: 17.8 mi
- Big Pines Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Point Iroquois Lighthouse: 21.6 mi
- Arch Rock: 24.5 mi
- Secret Garden: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Big Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Hill | S 179° | 300 m | 2.2 mi |
| Mission Hill | NNE 15° | 295 m | 20.2 mi |
| Peek-A-Boo Hill | ESE 122° | 222 m | 22.1 mi |
| Rabbit Back Peak | S 171° | 212 m | 18.7 mi |
| Castle Rock | S 174° | 210 m | 19.4 mi |
| St. Anthony's Rock | S 173° | 183 m | 22.4 mi |
| Brulee Point | SE 134° | 179 m | 21.6 mi |
| Horse Rock Point | SE 131° | 177 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:12 | 19:52 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 20:48 | 21:35 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 18:59 | 19:39 |
| December solstice | 08:20 | 16:06 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 17 | 18 | 27 | 40 | 52 | 62 | 65 | 65 | 58 | 46 | 34 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Trout Lake 1SW, 12 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–May, Nov — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 129 | 109 | 256 | 736 | 264 | 157 | 107 | 97.5 | 127 | 221 | 272 | 196 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Pine River Near Rudyard, MI, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Red Crossbill5 obs
- Geyer's yellow monkeyflower4 obs
- Killdeer3 obs
- Ghost Pipe3 obs
- Solitary Sandpiper2 obs
- pink lady's slipper2 obs
- American Lady2 obs
- Monarch2 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/7276389246
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