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China Spring

OpenStreetMap · node/7436472512

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Elevation, modelled: 1,742 m
Tallest summit within 19.0 miles: Freel Peak3,305 m · 12.9 mi
Nearest byway: Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway10.0 mi off
Sunset, June solstice: 20:28local time
Coordinates: 38.8184, -119.6662

China Spring, seen from above at true elevation

China Spring is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled 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.

On the horizon

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

On the road

10.0 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic BywayNational
13.9 mi off the Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway
17.7 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore DriveNational

Overlooks nearby

Cave Rock · 22 mi
Logan Shoals Vista Point · 22 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks

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

Parks

Springs29

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

Historic sites10

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

Museums7

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

Nature reserves7

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
Washoe Meadows State Park: 19.6 mi

Cliffs6

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

Waterfalls6

Beaches6

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

Attractions4

Artworks1

St Theresa: 18.6 mi

Gardens1

Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 22.0 mi

Ghost towns1

Ludwig: 22.9 mi

Natural arches1

Peep Sight: 24.7 mi

Light

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.

Streamflow

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.

Sources

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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