Buckhorn Spring
Buckhorn Spring is a spring in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,380 m. Mount Trumbull stands 2,441 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Boysag Point, a peak 3.2 miles away. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Boysag Point: 3.2 mi
- Boysag Rim: 3.2 mi
- Shanub Point: 4.2 mi
- Paguekwash Point: 5.9 mi
- S B Point: 6.0 mi
- Boysag Point: 3.2 mi
- Dead Horse Mesa: 4.5 mi
- Hades Knoll: 4.8 mi
- The Cork: 5.7 mi
- Matkatamiba Mesa: 6.4 mi
- North Spring: 4.5 mi
- Beaver Spring: 7.7 mi
- Schmutz Spring: 7.9 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 8.5 mi
- Showerbath Spring: 9.2 mi
- Beaver Falls: 7.5 mi
- Mooney Falls: 9.2 mi
- Havasu Falls: 9.9 mi
- Navajo Falls: 10.3 mi
- Fiftyfoot Falls: 10.4 mi
- Keyhole Natural Bridge: 11.1 mi
- Thunder Spring: 17.9 mi
- Wings of Time: 18.6 mi
- Royal Arch: 22.5 mi
- Natural Bridge: 24.3 mi
- Grand Canyon National Park: 5.2 mi
- Kanab Creek Wilderness: 18.8 mi
- Grand Canyon Natural Game Preserve: 15.4 mi
- TUWEEP Church: 16.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buckhorn Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trumbull | W 276° | 2,441 m | 20.0 mi |
| Mount Logan | W 266° | 2,388 m | 24.1 mi |
| Mount Emma | WSW 250° | 2,342 m | 23.3 mi |
| Slide Mountain | W 260° | 2,308 m | 22.0 mi |
| Petty Knoll | W 262° | 2,292 m | 22.2 mi |
| Craigs Knoll | WNW 285° | 2,188 m | 21.8 mi |
| Steamboat Mountain | E 93° | 2,123 m | 21.2 mi |
| King Crest | ESE 108° | 2,029 m | 23.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:36 | 18:09 | 18:43 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:15 | 19:53 |
| September equinox | 06:20 | 17:56 | 18:30 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:40 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Mar, Jul–Sep — fullest in Aug, leanest in May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 73.5 | 75.7 | 74.4 | 70.5 | 69.9 | 70.3 | 76.1 | 81.4 | 74.3 | 72.3 | 71.9 | 71.3 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Havasu Creek Above The Mouth, Near Supai, AZ, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Inside the official boundary of Grand Canyon National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
- Bighorn Sheep4 obs
- Vesper Sparrow1 obs
- Colorado Four o'Clock1 obs
- Red-spotted Toad1 obs
- Utah Agave1 obs
- Flannelmouth Sucker1 obs
- Echinocereus canyonensis1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/2006086053
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