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Cabin Spring

Cabin Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Cabin Spring is a spring in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,743 m. Elaterite Butte stands 1,980 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Neck Spring, a spring 0.8 miles away. Dead Horse Point Mesa Scenic Byway passes 1.5 miles off.

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.44008, -109.83995

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Washer Woman: 3.5 mi
  • Musselman Arch: 3.8 mi
  • Mesa Arch: 3.8 mi
  • Fruit Bowl Highline Area: 8.7 mi
  • Balanced Rock: 9.6 mi
Peaks
Springs: 39
Cliffs: 16
Parks: 11
  • Moab BMX Park: 17.7 mi
  • Bullick Cross Creek Park: 17.9 mi
  • Moab Pocket Park: 18.0 mi
  • Robin Groff Memorial Park: 18.2 mi
  • Lions Park: 18.2 mi
Historic sites: 7
  • False Kiva: 4.5 mi
  • Fort Bottom Ruin: 10.6 mi
  • Denis Julien Inscription: 11.6 mi
  • Farmstead History: 17.7 mi
  • Halfway Stage House - Old Stage Coach Station: 19.8 mi
Natural arches: 6
  • Trigon Arch: 11.8 mi
  • Window Arch: 16.2 mi
  • Arch: 16.3 mi
  • Hey Joe Arch: 17.8 mi
  • Tenmile Point Arch: 21.2 mi
Artworks: 5
Waterfalls: 5
  • Lower Jump: 17.2 mi
  • Indian Creek Fall: 18.0 mi
  • Mille Creek Falls (Left Hand): 20.1 mi
  • Medieval Chamber: 20.8 mi
  • Faux Falls: 23.4 mi
Museums: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • White Rim Overlook Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
  • Picnic Shelter: 23.3 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Scott Matheson Wetlands Preserve: 17.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Cabin Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Elaterite ButteSW 215°1,980 m18.8 mi
Horsehead RockSE 139°1,978 m16.1 mi
Junction ButteS 190°1,947 m10.8 mi
Cleopatras ChairSW 234°1,938 m16.1 mi
The KnollNNE 20°1,920 m8.4 mi
Aztec ButteSSW 212°1,918 m3.5 mi
Clyde PointWSW 257°1,887 m15.3 mi
Whitbeck RockN 9°1,880 m4.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5719:32
June solstice05:5620:0820:47
September equinox07:0818:4319:18
December solstice07:3416:2117:03

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303545516173797768544130
Precip in0.60.60.70.70.90.40.91.21.01.20.50.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canyonlands-the Neck, 2 mi away.

In the park

Inside the official boundary of Canyonlands National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: May.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

Wildlife nearby
  • Colorado Pinyon64 obs
  • Common Raven47 obs
  • Woolly Locoweed43 obs
  • Plains Pricklypear34 obs
  • Western Whiptail32 obs
  • Blackbrush32 obs
  • Common Side-blotched Lizard30 obs
  • Utah Juniper29 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/3506043780

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