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Cottonwood Spring

Cottonwood Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Cottonwood Spring is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 2,046 m. McAfee Peak stands 3,183 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Chicken Creek Springs, a spring 1.3 miles away. 68 named places lie within 25 miles, 37 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.41828, -115.74038

68 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 24
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 1
Parks: 1
  • Wild Horse State Recreation Area: 17.6 mi

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
McAfee PeakWNW 301°3,183 m14.0 mi
Jacks PeakNW 306°3,112 m16.5 mi
Jacks PeakWNW 289°3,064 m14.6 mi
Wheeler MountainWSW 240°2,750 m17.3 mi
Rocky BluffNW 316°2,693 m17.5 mi
Nannies PeakSSW 211°2,672 m23.6 mi
Lone MountainSSW 211°2,670 m23.6 mi
Red MountainNW 319°2,650 m19.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1918:55
June solstice05:1019:3920:21
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:0715:3316:17

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192231384654636152413020
Precip in1.71.01.21.41.60.80.50.40.60.81.11.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wild Horse Rsvr, 15 mi away.

  • Greater Short-horned Lizard1 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/11005964537

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