Water springs

[Muley Gil]

Areas where the water "springs" from the ground have fascinated me for many years. I have drank from quite a few over the years and enjoyed the taste of clear, pure water. One such spring is on the Appalachian Trail on Whitetop Mountain in Southwest Virginia, the second highest mountain in the Commonwealth.

I have also passed on a few, like the one where the pipe came directly out of a hill that had a cemetery on top. This was in Kosovo.

When I bought my property, I found out that the original water source was a spring that filled a concrete reservoir that fed water to the house and two other homes via gravity. That spring went dry back in the early 2000s and a well was drilled. Since then, the spring has recovered. I also a few smaller springs on my land.

All comments are welcome.

 

[TX-Dennis]

Used to be lots more of them. Many dried up because of increased water well usage.

By the way, what do you call some one who's afraid of springs?


A spring chicken.

 

[Golddollar]

By the way, what do you call some one who's afraid of springs?


A spring chicken.

< < < rimshot > > >

 

[Rustyt1953]

By the way, what do you call some one who's afraid of springs?


A spring chicken.

 

[LVSteve]

I was always told not to drink from springs where sheep, cattle, and goats graze on the land above because of liver fluke. We would take spring water we thought might be tricky and use it to make tea where it got properly boiled in a 240 V kettle.

 

[Old 44 Guy]

A lot of springs dried up here during our 4 year drought but have come back to life last year. So far so good. Hoping for another wet year as we are on a well.

 

[anoblefox]

same here old 44 guy

 

[Iggy]

Spring water on the ranch was the best I ever tasted.
That's the only thing I miss.

 

[Retired W4]

The water comes out of the ground just 10 feet above this. From here it flows into Tims Ford Lake. It's right on the border of Franklin County and Moore County, TN. The same source for Jack Daniels and George Dickel. It does test positive for E-coli but that's an easy fix.

 

[robvious]

nothing better than ice cold water out of grandma's irrigation well.. straight out of the aquifer in the Sandhills of Nebraska...

 

[Dave.357]

This one runs strong year round.
Notice jar on top fence post.
Please spin pic.

 

[Bald1]

The water comes out of the ground just 10 feet above this. From here it flows into Tims Ford Lake. It's right on the border of Franklin County and Moore County, TN. The same source for Jack Daniels and George Dickel. It does test positive for E-coli but that's an easy fix.

Wow funny you post this. Just yesterday my son bought a house on Tim Fords lake (5 doors from water). It's in Winchester TN. He looked at a house in Lynchburg but said the smell from distillery was a no go. He said it wasn't horrible like a paper mill but but it was constant.. I have several springs on my hunting property. A few dry up around October or November but come back strong in March

 

[Retired W4]

Wow funny you post this. Just yesterday my son bought a house on Tim Fords lake (5 doors from water). It's in Winchester TN. He looked at a house in Lynchburg but said the smell from distillery was a no go. He said it wasn't horrible like a paper mill but but it was constant.. I have several springs on my hunting property. A few dry up around October or November but come back strong in March

The sour mash does have a smell to it.
In the holler just above the falls. It's in Franklin Co. but a Tullahoma address.

Second picture is Moore Co. about 6 miles from Lynchburg and 2 miles from Turkey Creek. A couple springs here but not year round.

 

[Bald1]

He looked at some homes in Tullahoma as well. I'm anxious to get down there and check things out once he and his wife are settled in. I have a feeling he'll want me to bring a canoe and leave it there.

 

[erikpolcrack]

The old dairy farm I live on in north central PA is on the south slope of a range of hills and saddles in the Appalachians. There are several springs on our property that go artesian during periods of heavy rain and melting snow run-off. There's a particularly large one unsurprisingly right next to the old springhouse, another one in the hayfield nearest our house, and another most interestingly right in the middle of our gravel basement floor. I've gotten quite a few doubletakes from folks I've taken partway down the cellar steps to witness the little geyser of water. It poses a challenge to our dual sump pumps on occasion, but I guess it would be nice to be able to dig a shallow well in your basement if the need ever arose in some dystopian future.

 

[Retired W4]

He looked at some homes in Tullahoma as well. I'm anxious to get down there and check things out once he and his wife are settled in. I have a feeling he'll want me to bring a canoe and leave it there.

I grew up in Tullahoma (1960-65). Dry county back then, but some of the best moonshiners in the country. In fact, the previous owners, the Hendley's, were moonshiners and used that spring for their still. They grew their corn up on Gourdneck Rd. and brought it down in the holler to the still. Those were the days.

 

[BAM-BAM]

We have several around the Cabin which is on the western slope of the Eastern Continental Divide.

One about 2 miles away provided water to an old Pa Rye distillery.

My favorite is halfway up the mountain behind the cabin.....nestled back in a grove of Mountain Laurel it's called "Sand Springs'' by the locals as the streambed is pure white sand for about 100ft from where it bubbles out from the rocks. It sits just off a old wagon road over the Divide. Not far from where I found a 1887 silver Quarter.

At one time it was piped down to a small coal mining town at the base of the ridge.

Great picnic spot to hike into as the nearest "road" is a mile away.

 

[Nevada Ed]

We use three natural springs for water at one of our places.

The 16" deep areas, are so cold, that you can't keep your forarm in one for
over half a minuite, or so, to check the pipe filters.

They are all snow fed and at 7,200 foot elevation.

 

[SMSgt]

On our Sunday drives in the NC mountains in my youth, my dad always stopped at a little "pull over" carved into the hillside. A pipe stuck out of the hill, and freezing cold water always poured out of it. Everyone drank their fill, and we drove on.

 

[Faulkner]

Twenty years ago springs were common all around the Ozarks. I used to hunt around a number of springs knowing game would be in the area.

Not so common these days as the water table has dropped, mainly due to the influx of out of staters moving in the area putting a strain on the natural infrastructure.