- Elevation, modelled
- 2,201 m
- Tallest summit within 19.7 miles
- Mount Gunnison3,860 m · 9.8 mi
- Nearest byway
- Grand Mesa20.7 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:39local time
- Coordinates
- 38.7989, -107.5644
Bell Creek Springs is a spring in Colorado, at a modelled 2,201 m. Mount Gunnison stands 3,860 m to the east, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Corral Spring No 1, a spring 0.1 miles away. Grand Mesa passes 21 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Bell Creek Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Gunnison | E 85° | 3,860 m | 9.8 mi |
| East Beckwith Mountain | E 80° | 3,772 m | 18.7 mi |
| Mount Guero | ESE 120° | 3,674 m | 11.1 mi |
| West Beckwith Mountain | ENE 75° | 3,670 m | 16.2 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | ESE 114° | 3,616 m | 11.1 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SE 139° | 3,592 m | 12.6 mi |
| Coal Mountain | E 101° | 3,567 m | 4.4 mi |
| Bonfisk Peak | ESE 124° | 3,523 m | 19.1 mi |
- 20.7 mi off the Grand MesaNational
Overlooks nearby
- Cedaredge Overlook · 26 mi
- Land of Lakes Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Landsend Peak: 2.1 mi
- Mount Lamborn: 2.3 mi
- Elephant Hill: 3.8 mi
- Coal Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Cedar Hill: 4.5 mi
- Corral Spring No 1: 0.1 mi
- Corral Spring No 2: 0.2 mi
- Clark Spring No 1: 0.2 mi
- Stephens Spring: 0.3 mi
- Clark Spring No 2: 0.3 mi
- Poulos Park: 5.1 mi
- Northfork Miners Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Paonia Park: 5.2 mi
- Paonia River Park: 5.5 mi
- Crawford Town Park: 7.0 mi
- Windy Point: 12.5 mi
- Iron Point: 12.9 mi
- Lombard Slides: 15.4 mi
- Painted Wall: 17.5 mi
- Red Rocks: 20.2 mi
- Paonia Museum: 5.4 mi
- Bowie Schoolhouse Museum: 5.5 mi
- Hotchkiss-Crawford Historical Museum: 8.4 mi
- Gunnison Forks Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
- Erickson Springs Picnic Site: 19.3 mi
- Needle Rock: 5.2 mi
- Benjamin C. Heilman Grave: 17.6 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:00 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:11 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 33 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paonia 1SW, 5 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 90.1 | 85.6 | 257 | 1,027 | 1,953 | 865 | 154 | 25.3 | 30.4 | 78.6 | 108 | 81.5 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge North Fork Gunnison River Below Paonia, CO, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Eastern Collared Lizard2 obs
- Columbian Monkshood2 obs
- Fitweed2 obs
- Wild Turkey1 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk1 obs
- Common Raven1 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco1 obs
- Northern Pygmy-Owl1 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
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