Crompton Spring
Crompton Spring is a spring in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 2,154 m. Elizabeth Mountain stands 3,150 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Foote Spring, a spring 1.2 miles away. Mirror Lake Scenic Byway - WY Section passes 4.8 miles off. 64 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway - WY Section
- 12.4 mi off the Muddy Creek Historic Backway
- 20.7 mi off the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway - UT Section
- 20.7 mi off the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway
64 named places within 25 miles
- Medicine Butte: 4.3 mi
- Burnt Hill: 6.6 mi
- Aspen Mountain: 9.4 mi
- Bald Knoll: 11.3 mi
- The Needles: 12.6 mi
- Foote Spring: 1.2 mi
- Grove Spring: 9.7 mi
- Barrel Springs: 9.7 mi
- Eight Spring: 13.5 mi
- Keg Spring: 13.7 mi
- Bear River City: 8.6 mi
- Piedmont: 13.6 mi
- Wahsatch: 14.4 mi
- Castle Rock: 20.4 mi
- Castle Rock: 21.6 mi
- Hamblin Park: 4.7 mi
- Anderson Park: 5.8 mi
- Ottley Park: 6.4 mi
- Piedmont Charcoal Kilns State Historic Site: 14.0 mi
- Evanston Flying Club Airfield: 7.5 mi
- Bear River City: 9.6 mi
- Jim Bridger's Fort: 24.7 mi
- Pony Express Monument: 24.9 mi
- Uinta County Museum: 5.4 mi
- Fort Bridger Museum: 24.7 mi
- Evanston Information Center: 4.0 mi
- Rocky Point: 13.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Crompton Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Mountain | SSE 162° | 3,150 m | 23.2 mi |
| Porcupine Mountain | SSW 213° | 2,801 m | 23.0 mi |
| Medicine Butte | NNW 332° | 2,621 m | 4.3 mi |
| Pine Knoll | SSE 164° | 2,571 m | 17.9 mi |
| Chapman Butte | SE 129° | 2,563 m | 17.1 mi |
| Twenty Knoll | SSE 154° | 2,528 m | 15.6 mi |
| Bridger Hill | N 351° | 2,501 m | 24.7 mi |
| South Sheep Mountain | N 356° | 2,496 m | 16.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 18:59 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:19 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 16:14 | 16:58 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 64 | 63 | 55 | 44 | 31 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Evanston 1 E, 5 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Jan.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 40.5 | 45.2 | 116 | 289 | 759 | 750 | 183 | 66.0 | 58.3 | 55.8 | 48.5 | 40.9 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Bear River AT Evanston, WY, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Pronghorn4 obs
- Hooker's onion2 obs
- Northern Leopard Frog2 obs
- Greater Sage-Grouse1 obs
- common yarrow1 obs
- hookedspur violet1 obs
- Yellow Sweetclover1 obs
- field penny-cress1 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/7943675593
Day trips start here
- Lyman · 30 mi
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