Nada Spring - Powell county, Ky, US
N 37° 48.920 W 083° 41.543
17S E 263002 N 4188741
Located at the entrance to Red River Gorge on US 77 (Nada Tunnel Road)
Waymark Code: WMTRE4
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 01/02/2017
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Nearly anyone who has visited the Red River Gorge knows about the spring. It is located just a short distance from the entrance to Nada Tunnel and is a source of water for many of the families in the area.
There is a wide spot at the right side of the road were there are usually cars parked on each side of the road. People from neighboring communities wait their turn to containers. Some take a lot of water and some only a little, and some only a drink. They all want a taste of the 50-degree mountain water. It's always about 50 degrees, even in the hottest weather.
The spring bubbles out of the mountain into a natural table about three feet wide. Some person has placed about 20 feet of two-inch pipe on the edge of the table and built a brace to hold the pipe in place just above a small creek running along the roadway. The cool mountain water rushes out of the pipe at the rate of about four gallons per minute. There is little, if any, sediment in the bottom of the containers used to catch the water.
Public or Private Land?: Public
Public Land Fees?: 0.00
Private Land access?: N/A
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