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Butcher Spring

Butcher Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Butcher Spring is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,685 m. Star Peak stands 2,993 m to the southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Auld Lang Syne Peak, a peak 1.9 miles away. 74 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.73214, -117.91500

74 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 34
  • Auld Lang Syne Peak: 1.9 mi
  • Dun Glen Peak: 4.9 mi
  • Rockhill Mountain: 5.5 mi
  • Organ Peak: 6.5 mi
  • Rose Creek Mountain: 7.5 mi
Springs: 22
  • Dolly Hayden Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Mustang Spring: 7.0 mi
  • McElhany Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Point Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Cherry Spring: 11.7 mi
Parks: 8
  • Courthouse Park: 19.1 mi
  • Nixon Park: 19.1 mi
  • Frontier Park: 19.2 mi
  • Riverview Park: 19.2 mi
  • Vesco Park: 19.4 mi
Historic sites: 6
Ghost towns: 2
Museums: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Kyle Hot Springs: 22.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Star PeakSW 223°2,993 m19.7 mi
Sonoma PeakENE 61°2,864 m18.4 mi
Van Zant PeakSW 229°2,816 m18.2 mi
Thunder MountainSW 227°2,749 m17.7 mi
Indian Ikes PointSW 230°2,706 m18.0 mi
Yana PointSW 230°2,534 m17.7 mi
Sacred PointSW 225°2,432 m17.2 mi
Eugene PeakWNW 292°2,294 m15.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:2119:4620:27
September equinox06:4018:1418:50
December solstice07:1315:4416:28

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323743485665757262493931
Precip in1.00.70.91.01.10.50.20.10.40.70.81.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winnemucca AP, 13 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–Jul — fullest in May, leanest in Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs92.716926242253552838588.742.635.144.267.6

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Humboldt RV NR Rose Ck, NV, 10 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Western Whiptail1 obs
  • Mormon Cricket1 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/5624081802

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