Wautauga Spring
Wautauga Spring is a spring in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 144 m. Britton Hill stands 250 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Panther Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 77 miles off. 101 named places lie within 25 miles, 46 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 76.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
101 named places within 25 miles
- Panther Hill: 1.2 mi
- Big Lick Hill: 1.7 mi
- Cave Hill: 2.6 mi
- Bald Knob: 2.7 mi
- Mount Olive: 3.8 mi
- Ravenden Bird sculpture: 3.0 mi
- Imboden City Park: 4.3 mi
- Black Rock City Park: 10.5 mi
- Lake Charles State Park: 10.9 mi
- Powhatan Historic State Park: 11.1 mi
- Hardy History Museum: 14.9 mi
- Eddie Mae Herron Center and Museum: 16.3 mi
- Randolph County Heritage Museum: 17.0 mi
- Hoxie First Stand Museum: 18.6 mi
- Wings of Honor Museum: 19.2 mi
- Watts Bluff: 4.0 mi
- Hurricane Bluff: 7.4 mi
- Baker Bluff: 8.6 mi
- Perry Bluff: 13.7 mi
- Totem pole: 16.9 mi
- Totem pole: 16.9 mi
- Totem Pole: 17.0 mi
- Guitar Walk: 19.1 mi
- Middle Spring: 8.8 mi
- Catto Spring: 20.0 mi
- Powhatan Bridge Pillars: 11.2 mi
- Iron Mountain Depot Restoration: 19.1 mi
- Imboden-Black Rock Rest Area: 7.8 mi
- Hall's Creek Canyon Natural Area: 8.8 mi
- Sneed: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wautauga Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Britton Hill | NW 322° | 250 m | 19.7 mi |
| White Hill | SW 235° | 242 m | 24.1 mi |
| Rock Quarry Hill | NW 319° | 233 m | 16.3 mi |
| Bowman Hill | NW 310° | 230 m | 11.5 mi |
| Davidson Hill | W 261° | 227 m | 24.6 mi |
| Higgs Mountain | N 7° | 226 m | 18.5 mi |
| Bellah Hills | NNE 23° | 225 m | 20.9 mi |
| Gentry Hill | NNE 22° | 221 m | 21.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:48 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:15 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 40 | 49 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hardy, 15 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 1,679 | 1,909 | 2,409 | 2,719 | 2,290 | 1,224 | 805 | 601 | 616 | 671 | 1,137 | 1,471 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Spring River at Imboden, AR, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Cave Salamander2 obs
- Western Slimy Salamander1 obs
- White-tailed Deer1 obs
- fivespot1 obs
- Pink-spotted Hawkmoth1 obs
- rabbitsfoot1 obs
- Two-banded Petrophila1 obs
- Cerastipsocus trifasciatus1 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/12723833948
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