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Cherry Spring

Cherry Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Cherry Spring is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 2,076 m. Beaver Peak stands 2,677 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Kittridge Springs, a spring 1.9 miles away. Lamoille Canyon Road passes 24 miles off. 76 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.93087, -115.85141

76 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 28
Springs: 14
Parks: 14
  • Mountain View Park: 6.9 mi
  • Elko Pump Track: 7.0 mi
  • Peace Park: 7.2 mi
  • Elko City Dog Park: 7.4 mi
  • Elko Skate Park: 7.7 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Museums: 4
  • Northeastern Nevada Museum: 8.0 mi
  • Western Folklife Center: 8.2 mi
  • Cowboy Gear and Arts Museum: 8.3 mi
  • California Trail Interpretive Center, Free Museum: 12.4 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • 9/11 World Trade Center Monument: 7.9 mi
  • Caterpillar grader: 7.9 mi
  • Chilton Centennial Tower: 8.2 mi
Attractions: 2
  • The Elko E: 11.1 mi
  • The Elko E: 11.1 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Kelly Ostler Rose Garden: 8.0 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Basque Sheepherder: 8.0 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Fisherman's Point: 18.5 mi
Nature reserves: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beaver PeakWNW 296°2,677 m23.3 mi
Nannies PeakNNW 334°2,672 m15.0 mi
Lone MountainNNW 334°2,670 m15.0 mi
Swales MountainW 272°2,430 m10.5 mi
Lake MountainNW 306°2,409 m23.0 mi
Fish Creek MountainWNW 284°2,377 m12.3 mi
Tower MountainNNE 30°2,345 m20.3 mi
Elko MountainESE 102°2,286 m11.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:2018:56
June solstice05:1219:3820:20
September equinox06:3218:0618:42
December solstice07:0515:3516:19

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263139455464737160473526
Precip in1.30.91.01.11.30.90.40.30.60.80.91.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elko NWS Office, 8 mi away.

  • Anderson's buttercup3 obs
  • Mountain Ball Cactus2 obs
  • Greater Sage-Grouse1 obs
  • common yarrow1 obs
  • bigseed biscuitroot1 obs
  • Mourning Cloak1 obs
  • arrowleaf balsamroot1 obs
  • Alkali Cusickiella1 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/10998098067

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