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Wadesboro Spring

Wadesboro Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Wadesboro Spring is a spring in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Round Top stands 8 m to the north-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Ww Gay 1 Spring, a spring 0.4 miles away. WILLIAM BARTRAM TRL passes 5.7 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates30.15750, -81.72260

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Saint Johns River Base: 0.5 mi
  • Clarke House Park: 0.8 mi
  • Orange Park Sports & Recreational Park: 1.2 mi
  • TC Miller Community Center: 1.3 mi
  • Town Hall Park: 1.4 mi
Attractions: 45
  • Fort Family Park: 13.4 mi
  • Riverview Gardens: 17.3 mi
  • Hornbill Aviary: 17.4 mi
  • Save the Frogs: 17.4 mi
  • Komodo Dragons: 17.4 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Mary, Queen of Heaven: 5.7 mi
  • The Crucifixion: 5.8 mi
  • Stations of the Cross: 5.8 mi
  • Life: 10.9 mi
  • Letha Davis Spire: 10.9 mi
Nature reserves: 17
  • Crosby Sanctuary: 2.6 mi
  • Crosby Sanctuary: 3.0 mi
  • Black Creek Ravines Conservation Area: 9.0 mi
  • Branan Field Wildlife and Environmental Area: 9.0 mi
  • Southern Property Preservation: 9.8 mi
Museums: 15
Historic sites: 9
  • Switzerland Naval Outer Landing Field: 8.8 mi
  • Soldiers of the American Revolution Associated with Jacksonville History: 11.9 mi
  • Market Street Horror: 12.2 mi
  • Andrew Jackson: 12.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Wall: 12.5 mi
Gardens: 8
  • English Garden: 11.2 mi
  • Italian Garden: 11.2 mi
  • Upper Olmsted Garden: 11.2 mi
  • Lower Olmsted Garden: 11.3 mi
  • Loop's Nursery & Greenhouses: 12.2 mi
Springs: 6
  • Ww Gay 1 Spring: 0.4 mi
  • Ww Gay 2 Spring: 0.4 mi
  • Green Cove Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Pottsburg Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Shands Bridge Spring: 13.1 mi
Cliffs: 4
Beaches: 2
  • Shee Beach: 11.7 mi
  • Mickler's Landing: 21.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
Peaks: 2
  • Round Top: 21.6 mi
  • Indian Mound: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round TopNNE 34°8 m21.6 mi
Indian MoundNE 51°3 m22.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0719:39
June solstice06:2719:5720:32
September equinox07:1618:5319:25
December solstice07:2016:5617:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F566065717882848481746559
Precip in2.92.33.12.43.27.36.06.36.13.62.02.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jacksonville NAS, 6 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs44.352.448.929.720.852.470.294.496.052.625.452.1

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Ortega River AT Kirwin Road Near Jacksonville,fl, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Brown Anole31 obs
  • Cuban Tree Frog22 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk20 obs
  • Eastern Lubber Grasshopper20 obs
  • Northern Cardinal17 obs
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird11 obs
  • North American Racer11 obs
  • Green Anole11 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/3133260448

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