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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 642 m. Mount Wilson stands 1,663 m to the south, 14 miles off. Bitter Springs Back Country Byway passes 7.2 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates36.20260, -114.64335

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Cottonwood Spring: 0.0 mi
  • Nostrildamus Rock: 2.0 mi
  • Heart Arch: 2.1 mi
  • Bowls of Fire: 2.3 mi
  • Petrified Dunes: 7.6 mi
Parks
  • Boulder Canyon Wild Life Refuge: 10.9 mi
  • Celebration Plaza: 17.5 mi
  • Hemenway Valley Park: 17.7 mi
  • Terrazza Park: 17.8 mi
  • Las Vegas Dunes Recreation Lands: 18.0 mi
Peaks: 50
Historic sites: 24
Springs: 23
Cliffs: 8
Hot springs: 8
  • Lost Man Hot Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Two Mile Hot Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Hot Springs: 16.3 mi
  • Hot Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Hot Spring: 17.3 mi
Beaches: 7
Ghost towns: 7
Picnic sites: 4
Artworks: 4
Museums: 4
  • Boulder City-Hoover Dam Museum: 18.9 mi
  • Tom Devlin's Monster Museum: 19.7 mi
  • Clark County Museum: 21.5 mi
  • Shelby Museum: 21.8 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Rest areas: 2
Gardens: 2
On the horizon

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
Mount WilsonS 173°1,663 m14.3 mi
Bonelli PeakE 99°1,601 m22.3 mi
Muddy PeakNNW 337°1,590 m7.2 mi
Rattlesnake PeakE 91°1,473 m23.8 mi
Black HillSW 225°1,245 m23.9 mi
Frenchman MountainW 265°1,236 m19.8 mi
Garrett ButteE 89°1,164 m20.8 mi
River MountainSW 223°1,155 m17.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4318:1718:51
June solstice05:2219:2220:00
September equinox06:2718:0318:37
December solstice06:4715:4816:28

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515562697988959386736050
Precip in0.70.80.50.30.10.10.50.60.20.40.40.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Callville BAY, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Beavertail Pricklypear19 obs
  • Silver Cholla15 obs
  • Cottontop Cactus12 obs
  • California Barrel Cactus11 obs
  • Creosote Bush10 obs
  • Catclaw Acacia9 obs
  • Schott's Pygmycedar7 obs
  • Littleleaf Rhatany6 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/2006087275

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