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Buffalo Spring

Buffalo Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Buffalo Spring is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,947 m. Freel Peak stands 3,305 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Carters Springs, a spring 2.1 miles away. Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway passes 9.8 miles off.

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Coordinates38.85398, -119.59696

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Pinenut Shooting Range: 5.1 mi
  • Mt Siegel OHV Staging Area: 5.4 mi
  • Douglas County Fairground: 5.6 mi
  • Blackrock Park: 8.0 mi
  • Ranchos Aspen Park: 8.0 mi
Springs: 36
Historic sites: 9
  • Barney Riley: 7.2 mi
  • Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 11.0 mi
  • Hoye Bridge: 12.6 mi
  • Old Jail: 19.5 mi
  • Korean War Memorial: 22.1 mi
Museums: 8
Nature reserves: 8
Attractions: 6
  • Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 21.3 mi
  • Zephyr Cove Beach: 21.7 mi
  • M. S. Dixie II Terminal: 21.7 mi
  • Palmyra Town Site: 22.2 mi
  • Palmyra Mining Camp: 22.2 mi
Beaches: 5
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Genoa Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Lower King's Canyon Waterfall: 24.0 mi
Gardens: 2
Artworks: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Buffalo Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Freel PeakW 271°3,305 m16.3 mi
Jobs SisterW 272°3,299 m15.5 mi
Jobs PeakW 271°3,233 m14.2 mi
Monument PeakWNW 286°3,068 m16.9 mi
Hawkins PeakWSW 242°3,052 m16.8 mi
Trimmer PeakW 274°3,016 m17.6 mi
East PeakWNW 290°2,899 m17.8 mi
Mount SiegelENE 64°2,869 m5.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:3419:4820:28
September equinox06:4718:2218:57
December solstice07:1415:5816:40

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353843485665737264534234
Precip in0.60.41.10.40.60.10.30.30.20.20.71.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Topaz Lake, 9 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1.31.82.72.82.91.90.90.80.40.61.11.1

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Pine Nut CK NR Gardnerville, NV, 2 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Bullfrog2 obs
  • White-faced Ibis1 obs
  • Western Wood-Pewee1 obs
  • American Black Bear1 obs
  • Redstem Stork's-bill1 obs
  • Leichtlin's Mariposa Lily1 obs
  • prickly lettuce1 obs
  • Rubber Rabbitbrush1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/7451322403

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