Chicken Springs
Chicken Springs is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,964 m. McAfee Peak stands 3,183 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Chicken Creek Springs, a spring 0.5 miles away. 67 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.
How to reach it
67 named places within 25 miles
- Double Mountain: 2.9 mi
- California Mountain: 10.7 mi
- Wild Horse Mountain: 10.8 mi
- Independence Mountain: 11.7 mi
- Sugarloaf: 12.4 mi
- Chicken Creek Springs: 0.5 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 1.4 mi
- Dip Spring: 1.8 mi
- Rodeo Spring: 3.3 mi
- Double Mountain Spring: 3.6 mi
- North Fork: 6.6 mi
- Jack Creek: 19.2 mi
- Gold Creek: 21.5 mi
- Dinner Station: 21.5 mi
- Charleston: 22.5 mi
- Lost Wallet Rim: 7.2 mi
- Wild Horse State Recreation Area: 18.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chicken Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| McAfee Peak | NW 306° | 3,183 m | 14.2 mi |
| Jacks Peak | NW 311° | 3,112 m | 16.8 mi |
| Jacks Peak | WNW 295° | 3,064 m | 14.5 mi |
| Wheeler Mountain | WSW 243° | 2,750 m | 16.1 mi |
| Rocky Bluff | NW 320° | 2,693 m | 18.1 mi |
| Nannies Peak | SSW 212° | 2,672 m | 22.2 mi |
| Lone Mountain | SSW 212° | 2,670 m | 22.2 mi |
| Red Mountain | NW 322° | 2,650 m | 19.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:39 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:33 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 22 | 31 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 63 | 61 | 52 | 41 | 30 | 20 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wild Horse Rsvr, 17 mi away.
- Pacific chorus frog1 obs
- Western Terrestrial Garter Snake1 obs
- Greater Short-horned Lizard1 obs
- rabbitfoot grass1 obs
- yellow owl's-clover1 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/11001997250
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