Cherry Springs
Cherry Springs is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,989 m. Elliott Benchmark stands 2,669 m to the south, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Murdock Spring, a spring 0.5 miles away. Lamoille Canyon Road passes 30 miles off. 78 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 29.5 mi off the Lamoille Canyon Road
78 named places within 25 miles
- Murdock Spring: 0.5 mi
- Mill Creek Spring: 4.0 mi
- Emigrant Spring: 4.8 mi
- Stump Spring: 5.0 mi
- Reinhart Spring: 8.2 mi
- Bunker Hill: 2.6 mi
- Pine Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Ravens Nest: 3.2 mi
- Spring Canyon Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Rock Springs Mountain: 8.5 mi
- Carlin Park: 12.4 mi
- Angel Park: 23.1 mi
- Fir St. Pocket Park: 23.2 mi
- Southside Park: 23.3 mi
- Elko City Dog Park: 23.6 mi
- Cottonwood: 9.6 mi
- Palisade: 10.7 mi
- Moleen: 13.5 mi
- Hunter: 15.2 mi
- South Fork: 16.3 mi
- California Trail Interpretive Center, Free Museum: 15.3 mi
- Cowboy Gear and Arts Museum: 23.6 mi
- Western Folklife Center: 23.6 mi
- Northeastern Nevada Museum: 24.4 mi
- Chilton Centennial Tower: 23.7 mi
- 9/11 World Trade Center Monument: 24.5 mi
- Caterpillar grader: 24.7 mi
- The Elko E: 24.2 mi
- The Elko E: 24.2 mi
- Fisherman's Point: 15.0 mi
- South Fork State Recreation Area: 15.4 mi
- Basque Sheepherder: 24.3 mi
- Kelly Ostler Rose Garden: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cherry Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elliott Benchmark | S 172° | 2,669 m | 9.7 mi |
| Ravens Nest | S 180° | 2,640 m | 3.2 mi |
| Bunker Hill | S 178° | 2,636 m | 2.6 mi |
| Pine Mountain | WSW 242° | 2,524 m | 2.9 mi |
| Coffin Mountain | S 179° | 2,476 m | 19.1 mi |
| Robinson Mountain | SSE 160° | 2,427 m | 11.9 mi |
| Union Mountain | S 180° | 2,415 m | 24.8 mi |
| Bailey Mountain | S 170° | 2,359 m | 21.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:38 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:37 | 16:21 |
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 | 26 | 30 | 39 | 42 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 65 | 56 | 43 | 31 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pine Valley - Carlin 20S, 10 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Apr — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 19.7 | 23.9 | 31.4 | 39.8 | 13.0 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 7.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Pine CK NR Palisade, NV, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Bighorn Sheep1 obs
- Brown's Peony1 obs
- Dorr's Sage1 obs
- Mountain Ball Cactus1 obs
- Mormon Cricket1 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/10902547370
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