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Bryson Spring

Bryson Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Bryson Spring is a spring in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,354 m. Buckskin Mountain stands 2,659 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is McDermitt Rodeo Grounds, a attraction 2.7 miles away. 48 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.02683, -117.76592

48 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 34
  • Mendi Suri: 7.5 mi
  • High Peak: 9.1 mi
  • Minerva Peak: 9.8 mi
  • Sugarloaf: 10.0 mi
  • Oregon Canyon Mountains Peak: 10.5 mi
Springs: 9
  • Source: East Fork Quinn River: 18.5 mi
  • Anderson Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Source: South Fork Quinn River: 19.1 mi
  • Exchange Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Coffeepot Spring: 20.9 mi
Historic sites: 2
Attractions: 1
  • McDermitt Rodeo Grounds: 2.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buckskin MountainSE 146°2,659 m19.7 mi
BlackieW 270°2,500 m23.7 mi
Oregon Canyon Mountains PeakNW 309°2,446.63 m10.5 mi
Eightmile MountainSE 133°2,397 m16.5 mi
Disaster PeakWSW 258°2,344 m22.5 mi
Twin PeaksNW 310°2,309 m15.9 mi
Charleston HillSE 144°2,293 m17.4 mi
McConnell PeakSE 134°2,285 m14.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1619:4920:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1715:3816:23

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293440455462716859473628
Precip in0.70.50.61.01.20.90.30.20.40.70.60.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mcdermitt, 3 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Feb–Jun — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs20.238.172.792.669.932.28.42.62.64.36.411.1

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Mcdermitt CK NR Mcdermitt, NV, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Long-nosed Leopard Lizard1 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/6285972354

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