Ant Spring
Ant Spring is a spring in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,562 m. Windy Point stands 2,992 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Table Top, a peak 0.5 miles away. Coronado Trail Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off.
How to reach it
- 22.8 mi off the Coronado Trail Scenic Byway, National
- 24.2 mi off the Black Hills Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Table Top: 0.5 mi
- Angel Roost: 2.6 mi
- Snow Peak: 2.8 mi
- Hanna Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Outlaw Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Pasture Spring: 1.5 mi
- Alum Spring: 1.5 mi
- Upper Pine Spring: 3.5 mi
- Lower Pine Spring: 3.6 mi
- Gorilla Spring: 4.1 mi
- Leopold Vista Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- The Catwalk Historical Marker: 11.8 mi
- Hell Hole Wilderness Study Area: 14.3 mi
- Mogollon Historical Marker: 14.7 mi
- Redstone Park: 17.4 mi
- Frisco Camp Picnic Site: 11.0 mi
- Sardine Saddle Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- Sardine Saddle Family Picnic: 23.9 mi
- H L Saddle Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
- HL Saddle Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
- Windy Point: 12.4 mi
- Evans Point: 21.6 mi
- Tige Rim: 23.2 mi
- Turtle Rock: 23.4 mi
- Final Point: 23.7 mi
- Leopold Vista Historical Monument: 8.6 mi
- OFFICIAL SCENIC HISTORIC MARKER: 9.4 mi
- Graves: 13.6 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 7.5 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 7.7 mi
- Mogollon Museum: 14.6 mi
- Greenlee County Historical: 23.4 mi
- Mogollon Theater Historic Site: 14.7 mi
- Shovel: 23.1 mi
- Sardine Falls: 18.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Ant Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windy Point | E 79° | 2,992 m | 14.9 mi |
| Holt Mountain | ENE 70° | 2,981 m | 11.5 mi |
| West Baldy | E 84° | 2,979 m | 14.6 mi |
| Nabours Mountain | ENE 56° | 2,802 m | 11.7 mi |
| Queens Crown | E 84° | 2,570 m | 13.1 mi |
| Kings Crown | E 83° | 2,549 m | 13.2 mi |
| Sheridan Mountain | E 83° | 2,528 m | 10.9 mi |
| Maple Peak | NW 313° | 2,527 m | 11.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 19:52 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:35 | 17:13 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 68 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glenwood, 8 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Apr — fullest in Mar, leanest in Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 94.9 | 123 | 180 | 129 | 66.0 | 26.5 | 37.2 | 79.2 | 69.5 | 77.5 | 48.5 | 76.4 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge San Francisco River Near Glenwood, NM, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Gila Trout3 obs
- common hoptree1 obs
- Sonoran Spotted Whiptail1 obs
- Gray Sanddragon1 obs
- southwestern prickly poppy1 obs
- Golden-headed Scallopwing1 obs
- scarlet hedgenettle1 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/2006084332
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