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Wilkins Spring

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Elevation, modelled
249 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Blue Knob392 m · 22.0 mi
Nearest byway
Historic Route 66 - MO2.5 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
20:34local time
Coordinates
37.8358, -91.9374
Wilkins Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Wilkins Spring is a spring in Missouri, at a modelled 249 m. Blue Knob stands 392 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Natural Bridge, a natural arch 1.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 2.5 miles off. 140 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue KnobE 97°392 m22.0 mi
Pilot KnobE 100°372 m7.7 mi
Wards HillE 100°356 m18.5 mi
Cabbage HeadSSW 200°332 m16.5 mi
Indian House MoundsNNE 21°328 m24.2 mi
Pilot KnobNNE 26°286 m16.0 mi
Lost HillW 262°241 m8.0 mi
House MoundsN 1°230 m24.9 mi

140 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 20
Ghost towns: 16
Peaks: 9
Cliffs: 8
Rest areas: 2
Gardens: 2
Picnic sites: 1
DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4719:5520:34
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:2016:1216:53

Local time (America/Chicago).

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323645556473777668574536
Precip in2.82.54.24.95.14.64.24.23.93.43.93.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Leonard Wood, 11 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs15617925228428319510789.991.198.9140155

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Little Piney Creek at Newburg, MO, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

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