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Cherry Spring

Cherry Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Cherry Spring is a spring in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 885 m. Stormy Mountain stands 2,194 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Dick Mesa, a peak 0.7 miles away. JCT SR 2 VIC MONITOR TO JCT SR 97 VIC CHELAN passes 2.6 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
885 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.68579, -120.26876

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 57
  • Theodore "Buzz" Butts Park: 2.6 mi
  • Entiat Park: 2.7 mi
  • Columbia Breaks Fire Interpretive Center: 2.8 mi
  • Kiwanis Park: 2.9 mi
  • Orondo River Park: 3.2 mi
Artworks: 30
Attractions: 19
  • Earthquake Point: 3.0 mi
  • Tunnel Zip Lines: 9.0 mi
  • Lake Shores: 15.0 mi
  • Jet Skis Galore: 15.0 mi
  • Chelan Parasail: 15.0 mi
Museums: 11
  • Columbia Breaks Fire Interpretive Center: 2.8 mi
  • Entiat Museum: 2.9 mi
  • Douglas County Historical Museum: 9.5 mi
  • Nature's Window Museum of Wildlife: 10.5 mi
  • Rocky Reach Discovery Center: 10.7 mi
Cliffs: 10
Beaches: 10
Gardens: 8
Historic sites: 7
Nature reserves: 5
Waterfalls: 4
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Cherry Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stormy MountainNNW 345°2,194 m15.2 mi
East PointNNW 341°2,083 m19.9 mi
Signal PeakNW 320°2,081 m18.6 mi
Crescent HillNNW 342°2,057 m21.1 mi
Angle PeakNNW 339°2,053 m18.9 mi
Cougar MountainNW 315°2,037 m20.3 mi
Tyee MountainNW 323°2,028 m15.5 mi
Junior PointNNW 344°2,005 m22.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3319:14
June solstice05:0420:1521:04
September equinox06:4918:2019:01
December solstice07:4815:1916:12

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303644515965737264523931
Precip in2.01.31.40.80.90.80.30.30.41.21.92.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Entiat Fish Hatchery, 3 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1852032806221,5491,478616211126146235212

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Entiat River Near Entiat, WA, 2 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Red-tailed Hawk1 obs
  • Clark's Nutcracker1 obs
  • Gopher Snake1 obs
  • American Black Bear1 obs
  • Mountain Lion1 obs
  • Bitterroot1 obs
  • mountain lady's-slipper1 obs
  • wolf lichen1 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/12083731220

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