Cherry Spring
Cherry Spring is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,805 m. Ruby Dome stands 3,428 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Grindstone Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Lamoille Canyon Road passes 21 miles off. 90 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 20.6 mi off the Lamoille Canyon Road
90 named places within 25 miles
- Grindstone Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Spring Canyon Mountain: 7.4 mi
- Buckskin Mountain: 8.1 mi
- Adobe Summit: 12.4 mi
- Bunker Hill: 15.6 mi
- Grindstone Spring: 2.6 mi
- Mud Spring: 4.4 mi
- Reinhart Spring: 5.1 mi
- Emigrant Spring: 8.9 mi
- Red Spring: 11.0 mi
- Angel Park: 9.9 mi
- Fir St. Pocket Park: 10.0 mi
- Southside Park: 10.1 mi
- Elko City Dog Park: 10.4 mi
- Mountain View Park: 10.4 mi
- Hunter: 2.8 mi
- Moleen: 3.7 mi
- Cottonwood: 5.7 mi
- South Fork: 9.8 mi
- Palisade: 18.0 mi
- California Trail Interpretive Center, Free Museum: 4.2 mi
- Western Folklife Center: 10.4 mi
- Cowboy Gear and Arts Museum: 10.4 mi
- Northeastern Nevada Museum: 11.2 mi
- Chilton Centennial Tower: 10.5 mi
- 9/11 World Trade Center Monument: 11.3 mi
- Caterpillar grader: 11.5 mi
- The Elko E: 11.5 mi
- The Elko E: 11.5 mi
- Fisherman's Point: 6.5 mi
- South Fork State Recreation Area: 7.5 mi
- Basque Sheepherder: 11.1 mi
- Kelly Ostler Rose Garden: 11.1 mi
- Power House Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cherry Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby Dome | ESE 106° | 3,428 m | 22.4 mi |
| Mount Gilbert | ESE 105° | 3,352 m | 23.8 mi |
| Mount Silliman | ESE 106° | 3,336 m | 23.4 mi |
| Lee Peak | ESE 106° | 3,325 m | 21.6 mi |
| Drown Peak | SE 125° | 3,102 m | 24.7 mi |
| Elliott Benchmark | SSW 195° | 2,669 m | 21.7 mi |
| Ravens Nest | SSW 205° | 2,640 m | 16.1 mi |
| Bunker Hill | SSW 205° | 2,636 m | 15.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:38 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:36 | 16:20 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 29 | 37 | 43 | 51 | 60 | 69 | 67 | 57 | 45 | 34 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S FK State REC Area, 8 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jun — fullest in Jun, leanest in Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 27.0 | 47.9 | 91.9 | 166 | 369 | 426 | 107 | 18.8 | 10.6 | 10.1 | 13.1 | 17.8 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge S FK Humboldt RV Abv Dixie CK NR Elko, NV, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Greater Short-horned Lizard1 obs
- American Bullfrog1 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/10903749469
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