China Spring
China Spring is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,742 m. Freel Peak stands 3,305 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Dowd Springs, a spring 1.7 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 10.0 miles off.
How to reach it
- 10.0 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 13.9 mi off the Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway
- 17.7 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Cave Rock · 22 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rock Cliff: 2.2 mi
- Bald Peak: 4.2 mi
- Barber Peak: 4.9 mi
- Nevada Hill: 5.8 mi
- Sugar Loaf: 6.6 mi
- Douglas County Fairground: 6.1 mi
- Pinenut Shooting Range: 6.2 mi
- Mt Siegel OHV Staging Area: 6.2 mi
- Blackrock Park: 6.4 mi
- Ranchos Aspen Park: 6.6 mi
- Dowd Springs: 1.7 mi
- Carters Springs: 2.4 mi
- Hot Spring: 3.2 mi
- Double Spring: 4.0 mi
- Buffalo Spring: 4.5 mi
- Barney Riley: 3.7 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 6.5 mi
- Hoye Bridge: 14.3 mi
- Old Jail: 15.7 mi
- Kit Carson Historical Monument: 19.4 mi
- Grover Hot Springs State Park: 12.6 mi
- River Fork Ranch Preserve: 14.4 mi
- Artesia Lake State Wildlife Management Area: 17.9 mi
- Johnson Meadow: 18.7 mi
- Linder Grove: 19.5 mi
- Carson Valley Museum and Cultural Center: 9.8 mi
- Alpine County Museum: 10.6 mi
- Genoa Courthouse Museum: 16.1 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 18.7 mi
- Baldwin Home: 22.1 mi
- Hangman's Cave: 10.4 mi
- 4-second Climbing Area: 10.6 mi
- Distillery Wall: 18.2 mi
- Detox Wall: 18.2 mi
- Tallac Point: 22.5 mi
- Genoa Falls: 16.7 mi
- Carson Falls: 22.8 mi
- Modjeska Falls: 23.2 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 24.6 mi
- Lower King's Canyon Waterfall: 24.7 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 18.2 mi
- El Dorado Beach: 18.5 mi
- Nevada Beach: 19.0 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach: 19.4 mi
- Pope Beach: 21.1 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 19.4 mi
- Zephyr Cove Beach: 20.0 mi
- M. S. Dixie II Terminal: 20.1 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 22.0 mi
- St Theresa: 18.6 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 22.0 mi
- Ludwig: 22.9 mi
- Peep Sight: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of China Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freel Peak | WNW 282° | 3,305 m | 12.9 mi |
| Jobs Sister | WNW 285° | 3,299 m | 12.1 mi |
| Silver Peak | SSW 196° | 3,283 m | 18.3 mi |
| Jobs Peak | WNW 285° | 3,233 m | 10.9 mi |
| Monument Peak | WNW 300° | 3,068 m | 14.4 mi |
| Red Lake Peak | WSW 247° | 3,067 m | 18.8 mi |
| Stevens Peak | WSW 251° | 3,061 m | 18.0 mi |
| Raymond Peak | SSW 211° | 3,055 m | 17.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:48 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:59 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 38 | 43 | 48 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Topaz Lake, 10 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jul — fullest in May, leanest in Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 192 | 227 | 317 | 627 | 1,190 | 1,001 | 400 | 147 | 98.9 | 96.8 | 130 | 170 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge E FK Carson RV NR Gardnerville, NV, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Western Fence Lizard2 obs
- Redstem Stork's-bill2 obs
- Bruneau Mariposa Lily2 obs
- Spineless Horsebrush2 obs
- Sharp-shinned Hawk1 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk1 obs
- Western Terrestrial Garter Snake1 obs
- Muskrat1 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/7436472512
Day trips start here
- Bliss State Park · 26 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 28 mi
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