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Bronco Spring

Bronco Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Bronco Spring is a spring in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,857 m. Pueblo Mountain stands 2,631 m to the east-southeast, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Rincon Spring, a spring 1.3 miles away. High Desert Discovery passes 9.6 miles off. 84 named places lie within 25 miles, 45 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.13916, -118.75574

84 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 45
Springs: 28
Historic sites: 2
  • Roux Place: 4.2 mi
  • Starr Homestead: 5.7 mi
Hot springs: 2
  • Warm Springs: 14.4 mi
  • Bog Hot Springs: 15.1 mi
Cliffs: 2
Attractions: 1
  • Borax Hot Springs: 15.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pueblo MountainESE 117°2,631 m6.1 mi
Trident PeakSE 133°2,516 m23.9 mi
Mahogany MountainSSE 167°2,404 m23.2 mi
Black Diamond PeakSE 130°2,371 m24.1 mi
Catlow PeakESE 108°2,326 m23.6 mi
Granite MountainESE 122°2,302 m20.9 mi
Holloway MountainESE 119°2,282 m24.1 mi
Granite MountainSE 141°2,234 m22.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2019:5320:35
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:2115:4216:27

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313542475663747263513830

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fields, 10 mi away.

  • Long-nosed Leopard Lizard6 obs
  • Great Basin Spadefoot2 obs
  • toadlily2 obs
  • parsnipflower buckwheat2 obs
  • Chukar1 obs
  • common starlily1 obs
  • Common Desert Centipede1 obs
  • Desert Pincushion1 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/11987098755

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