Cave Spring
Cave Spring is a spring in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,505 m. Shay Mountain stands 3,040 m to the southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Salt Flat Butte, a peak 1.3 miles away. Indian Creek Scenic Byway passes 0.8 miles off.
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Indian Creek Scenic Byway
- 21.0 mi off the Dead Horse Point Mesa Scenic Byway
- 25.9 mi off the Potash-Lower Colorado River Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Shafer Canyon Overlook · 21 mi
- Dead Horse Point · 22 mi
- Meander Overlook · 22 mi
- Shafer Canyon Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Salt Flat Butte: 1.3 mi
- Elephant Hill: 4.5 mi
- North Sixshooter Peak: 4.8 mi
- Pinnacle Point: 6.0 mi
- South Sixshooter Peak: 6.1 mi
- Wooden Shoe Arch: 1.7 mi
- Skull Arch: 2.3 mi
- Paul Bunyans Potty Arch: 2.7 mi
- Trail Arch: 2.9 mi
- Pothole Point: 3.1 mi
- Salt Flat Spring: 2.4 mi
- Peekaboo Spring: 2.9 mi
- Upper Jump: 7.9 mi
- Four Faces Spring: 8.1 mi
- Kirk Spring: 12.0 mi
- Cave Cliff: 7.3 mi
- Catwall: 11.4 mi
- Reservoir Wall: 11.8 mi
- Critic's Choice: 12.0 mi
- Scarface: 12.7 mi
- Tower Ruin: 3.0 mi
- Keyhole Ruins: 3.2 mi
- Tower Ruin: 13.1 mi
- Farmhouse Ruin: 13.5 mi
- False Kiva: 20.2 mi
- Lower Jump: 3.2 mi
- Indian Creek Fall: 5.6 mi
- Horse Canyon Arch: 4.0 mi
- Canyonlands National Park: 12.5 mi
- White Rim Overlook Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
- Home of Truth: 21.2 mi
- Kane Springs Rest Area: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Cave Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shay Mountain | SE 144° | 3,040 m | 18.9 mi |
| Horse Mountain | S 184° | 2,820 m | 19.7 mi |
| Seven Sisters Buttes | S 176° | 2,569 m | 18.5 mi |
| Boundary Butte | S 179° | 2,497 m | 16.4 mi |
| Cathedral Butte | SSE 168° | 2,400 m | 14.4 mi |
| Bridger Jack Point | SSE 160° | 2,297 m | 14.1 mi |
| House Park Butte | SSW 204° | 2,211 m | 14.4 mi |
| Lands End | W 260° | 2,171 m | 20.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:07 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:22 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 36 | 45 | 52 | 62 | 73 | 79 | 76 | 67 | 54 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canyonlands-the Needles, under a mile away.
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).
- black maidenhair fern58 obs
- Fremont barberry48 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard37 obs
- Plateau Fence Lizard28 obs
- Sacred Datura26 obs
- Brown-spined Pricklypear26 obs
- Big Sagebrush25 obs
- Kingcup Cactus21 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/3548393372
Day trips start here
- Canyonlands National Park · 1 mi
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