- Elevation, modelled
- 1,551 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Virgin Peak2,422 m · 15.4 mi
- Nearest byway
- Gold Butte Back Country Byway18.9 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 19:58local time
- Coordinates
- 36.7212, -113.8764
Cottonwood Spring is a spring in Arizona, at a modelled 1,551 m. Virgin Peak stands 2,422 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Rock Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Gold Butte Back Country Byway passes 19 miles off. 123 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cottonwood Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgin Peak | WSW 238° | 2,422 m | 15.4 mi |
| Mount Bangs | NNE 14° | 2,420 m | 5.1 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | NE 47° | 2,245 m | 5.2 mi |
| Scrub Peak | N 7° | 2,065 m | 23.1 mi |
| Last Chance Knoll | SSE 158° | 2,054 m | 24.0 mi |
| Low Mountain | NE 46° | 1,954 m | 11.4 mi |
| Wolf Hole Mountain | ENE 71° | 1,953 m | 15.5 mi |
| Mustang Knoll | E 88° | 1,857 m | 11.9 mi |
- 18.9 mi off the Gold Butte Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Whitney Pocket Overlook · 21 mi
123 named places within 25 miles
- Sand Spring: 5.0 mi
- Mud Spring: 5.6 mi
- Quaking Asp Spring: 6.6 mi
- Sullivans Spring: 7.4 mi
- Ide Valley Spring: 7.9 mi
- Black Rock Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Mount Bangs: 5.1 mi
- Black Rock Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Lead Mine Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Mud Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Paiute Primitive Area: 8.1 mi
- Virgin Valley Middle School and High School Park: 11.6 mi
- Hunter Sports Park: 11.7 mi
- Hillside Drive Park: 11.7 mi
- Pioneer Park: 12.0 mi
- Hidden Rim: 15.5 mi
- Flat Top Mesa: 16.1 mi
- The Dives: 16.3 mi
- Flat Top Mesa: 16.9 mi
- Grey Points: 17.5 mi
- Nevada Welcome Center: 12.1 mi
- Truck Parking I-15 Northbound, Mile 110: 22.0 mi
- Truck Parking I-15 Southbound, Mile 111: 22.0 mi
- Whitney Pocket Day-Use Parking: 20.1 mi
- Whitney Pocket Arch: 20.2 mi
- Neapolitan Arch: 20.3 mi
- Virgin Valley Heritage Museum: 12.1 mi
- Donkey History Museum: 12.4 mi
- Wolf Hole: 18.4 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:13 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:20 | 19:58 |
| September equinox | 06:24 | 18:00 | 18:34 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:43 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 51 | 59 | 65 | 75 | 85 | 91 | 90 | 82 | 70 | 56 | 46 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beaver DAM, 14 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Sep — fullest in Jun, leanest in Jan.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 6.0 | 7.6 | 10.4 | 14.9 | 17.4 | 20.4 | 19.0 | 15.9 | 17.6 | 13.0 | 9.5 | 6.9 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Mesquite Canal NR Mesquite, NV, 10 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
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