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Big Louie Spring

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Elevation, modelled
1,911 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Currant Mountain3,492 m · 22.5 mi
Nearest byway
The Loneliest Road in America24.5 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
20:13local time
Coordinates
39.0152, -115.8208
Big Louie Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Big Louie Spring is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled 1,911 m. Currant Mountain stands 3,492 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Young Florio Spring, a spring 2.5 miles away. The Loneliest Road in America passes 25 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Louie Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Currant MountainESE 109°3,492 m22.5 mi
Duckwater PeakESE 104°3,377 m21.8 mi
Mount HamiltonNE 45°3,261 m21.2 mi
White Pine PeakESE 118°3,065 m21.9 mi
Ninemile PeakWNW 292°3,055 m24.8 mi
BlackrockE 95°3,048 m20.5 mi
Merriam PeakWNW 290°2,977 m24.8 mi
Corduroy MountainE 96°2,916 m21.8 mi

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 21
Historic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 2
DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:2018:56
June solstice05:1919:3320:13
September equinox06:3218:0718:42
December solstice06:5915:4316:25

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283037425059666557473628
Precip in0.60.70.80.81.00.60.91.01.40.60.40.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Snowball RCH, 20 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs14.214.314.314.314.414.213.913.913.814.014.114.3

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Big Warm Spgs NR Duckwater, NV, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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