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Waldo Spring

Waldo Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Waldo Spring is a spring in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. 56 named places lie within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates30.04918, -83.62993

56 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 33
  • Waldo Spring: 0.0 mi
  • Carlton Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Carlton Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Ewing Springs: 2.7 mi
  • Fenholloway Spring: 2.8 mi
Parks: 15
  • Forest Capital Museum State Park: 4.2 mi
  • South Side Park: 4.6 mi
  • Perry Pavilion and Park: 5.3 mi
  • Perry Splash Pad: 5.3 mi
  • Rosehead Park: 5.4 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Beaches: 2
Museums: 1
  • Forest Capital Museum: 4.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1519:46
June solstice06:3520:0420:40
September equinox07:2419:0119:33
December solstice07:2717:0317:40

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545762687580828279716156
Precip in3.73.44.63.63.86.56.76.85.22.01.93.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Perry Foley AP, 4 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs11815817315990.195.711817714612089.598.6

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Fenholloway River AT Foley, Fla., 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Florida Softshell Turtle1 obs
  • Fir Tussock Moth1 obs
  • Southern Leopard Frog1 obs
  • Giant Leopard Moth1 obs
  • Cuban jute1 obs
  • Tuberous Grasspink1 obs
  • Southern Swamp Crinum1 obs
  • White colic-root1 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/3192048757

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