Cottonwood Spring
Cottonwood Spring is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 2,005 m. Matterhorn stands 3,250 m to the south-southeast, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is North Hill, a peak 2.2 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- North Hill: 2.2 mi
- Bald Peak: 3.3 mi
- Jarbidge Peak: 3.6 mi
- Deer Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Jumbo Peak: 4.4 mi
- Robinson Hole: 5.6 mi
- Willow Spring: 12.2 mi
- Dead Horse Spring: 12.7 mi
- Coyote Spring: 14.3 mi
- Black Spring: 15.0 mi
- Danger Point: 6.1 mi
- The Palisade: 9.0 mi
- Red Bluff: 10.0 mi
- Castle Rock: 14.2 mi
- Black Rock: 15.2 mi
- Rowland: 13.8 mi
- Charleston: 15.8 mi
- Gold Creek: 19.4 mi
- Urdahl Concentrated Use Area: 4.6 mi
- Castle Grayskull: 23.6 mi
- Wild Horse State Recreation Area: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Cottonwood Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matterhorn | SSE 158° | 3,250 m | 5.9 mi |
| Bald Peak | SSE 156° | 3,208 m | 3.3 mi |
| Jarbidge Peak | SSE 158° | 3,207 m | 3.6 mi |
| Jumbo Peak | SSE 158° | 3,189 m | 4.4 mi |
| Square Top | SSE 158° | 3,189 m | 5.1 mi |
| Marys River Peak | SSE 162° | 3,189 m | 9.4 mi |
| Cougar Peak | SSE 158° | 3,154 m | 7.2 mi |
| Prospect Peak | SSE 152° | 3,137 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:17 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 19:39 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:04 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:29 | 16:14 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 28 | 37 | 41 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 66 | 57 | 46 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jarbidge, 1 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 7.2 | 8.5 | 17.1 | 54.6 | 153 | 116 | 20.1 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 7.0 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Jarbidge RV Blw Jarbidge, NV, under a mile away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Western Tiger Swallowtail3 obs
- Rainbow Trout3 obs
- Scarlet Gilia3 obs
- common yarrow3 obs
- Bruneau Mariposa Lily3 obs
- Rocky Mountain Juniper3 obs
- American Beaver2 obs
- Pale Swallowtail2 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/8910367214
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