Wakulla Spring
Wakulla Spring is a spring in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Calico Hill stands 11 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Northside Spring 2, a spring 1.3 miles away. BIG BEND SCENIC BYWY passes 0.6 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the BIG BEND SCENIC BYWY, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Northside Spring 2: 1.3 mi
- Northside Spring 1: 1.3 mi
- Indian Spring: 1.6 mi
- Mcbride Slough Spring: 2.0 mi
- Double Springs: 2.2 mi
- Camp Indian Springs: 1.5 mi
- Mysterious Waters Neighborhood Park: 3.5 mi
- Azalea Park: 5.4 mi
- Hickory Park: 5.5 mi
- Hudson Park: 5.6 mi
- Spanish Bastion Wall: 8.0 mi
- FDC Fallen Officer and Employee Memorial: 8.1 mi
- Earthworks: 9.6 mi
- Battle of Natural Bridge: 9.6 mi
- Tallahassee Civil Rights Memorial: 13.9 mi
- Jesus: 8.8 mi
- Great Blue Heron: 11.0 mi
- Sculpture garden: 13.7 mi
- Declaration: 13.8 mi
- Unconquered Statue: 13.9 mi
- Old Wakulla County Jail: 6.0 mi
- Tallahassee Museum: 12.3 mi
- R.A. Gray Florida History Museum: 14.0 mi
- The Union Bank: 14.1 mi
- Florida Historic Capitol Museum: 14.1 mi
- E. Guy Revell, Junior Nature Trail Conservation Area: 4.2 mi
- Anita Davis Preserve at Henrietta Lake Park: 11.6 mi
- Plank Road Wildlife Management Area: 13.1 mi
- Silver Lake Recreation Area: 13.2 mi
- Talquin WMA: 17.3 mi
- Southwood Community Garden: 11.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 13.1 mi
- Plantasia: 13.8 mi
- Seminole Organic Garden: 14.1 mi
- Dent Street Diggers Community Garden: 14.9 mi
- Observation Deck: 11.0 mi
- Nurse Sharks: 15.5 mi
- Pickleariun: 15.5 mi
- Future Buc-ee's: 17.5 mi
- Alligator Point: 23.8 mi
- Sawdust Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Sand Hills: 15.4 mi
- Calico Hill: 19.5 mi
- Southern Dunes: 22.3 mi
- Shell Point Beach: 12.3 mi
- Mashes Sands Beach: 18.2 mi
- Wilson Beach: 22.7 mi
- Pine Bluff: 20.8 mi
- Lewis Bluff: 22.7 mi
- Rock Bluff: 23.8 mi
- Abandoned Elks Lodge Picnic Park: 14.7 mi
- Leon County Rest Area Eastbound: 17.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wakulla Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calico Hill | ENE 76° | 11 m | 19.5 mi |
| Sand Hills | ESE 113° | 3 m | 15.4 mi |
| Southern Dunes | S 186° | 2 m | 22.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:17 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:37 | 20:08 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:04 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 17:06 | 17:42 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 56 | 61 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 83 | 82 | 79 | 70 | 60 | 54 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tallahassee, 11 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–Feb, Jul–Aug — fullest in Aug, leanest in May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 785 | 755 | 724 | 675 | 620 | 697 | 743 | 856 | 729 | 713 | 743 | 794 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Wakulla River Near Crawfordville, FL, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- American Alligator346 obs
- Anhinga324 obs
- Common Gallinule252 obs
- White Ibis210 obs
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron169 obs
- Little Blue Heron123 obs
- Double-crested Cormorant122 obs
- Pied-billed Grebe113 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/3195263763
Day trips start here
- Tallahassee · 15 mi
- Apalachicola National Forest · 22 mi
- Quincy · 29 mi
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