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Atwood Spring

Atwood Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Atwood Spring is a spring in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,740 m. Bearwallow Mountain stands 3,031 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Hightower Spring, a spring 0.2 miles away. Coronado Trail Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates33.67235, -108.78647

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Hightower Spring: 0.2 mi
  • Negrito Spring: 1.3 mi
  • Canovas Spring: 1.7 mi
  • S U Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Pollies Spring: 4.1 mi
Peaks
Parks: 7
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Historic sites: 2
Nature reserves: 2
Museums: 1
  • Mogollon Museum: 19.0 mi
Attractions: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Atwood Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bearwallow MountainSSE 156°3,031 m16.8 mi
Corner MountainSSE 150°3,030 m16.0 mi
Eagle PeakE 89°2,970 m12.1 mi
Buzzard PeakE 87°2,948 m12.5 mi
Freeman MountainN 2°2,674 m16.2 mi
Dillon MountainN 355°2,650 m12.7 mi
Pinon KnobE 88°2,638 m16.8 mi
San FranciscoNW 317°2,618 m8.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5419:27
June solstice06:0619:5320:29
September equinox07:0418:4119:13
December solstice07:1716:3317:11

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333640465361666559493933
Precip in1.21.10.80.50.70.63.43.82.21.40.91.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Luna RS, 14 mi away.

  • Mourning Dove2 obs
  • American Robin2 obs
  • Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay2 obs
  • Gambel's Quail1 obs
  • Turkey Vulture1 obs
  • Killdeer1 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk1 obs
  • Common Black Hawk1 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/2006084585

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