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Crooked Creek Spring

Crooked Creek Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Crooked Creek Spring is a spring in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,839 m. Mount Nebo stands 3,636 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Hill, a peak 1.6 miles away. Nebo Loop Scenic Byway passes 8.3 miles off.

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Coordinates39.60899, -111.66313

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Cedar Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Pollys Peak: 3.7 mi
  • Devils Peak: 4.0 mi
  • The Buckskin: 4.2 mi
  • Black Knob: 4.5 mi
Parks: 37
  • Big Hollow Wildlife Management Area: 5.7 mi
  • Moroni City Park: 7.1 mi
  • Moroni City Recreation Park: 7.7 mi
  • Levan Wildlife Management Area: 8.2 mi
  • Triangle Ranch Wildlife Management Area: 9.4 mi
Springs: 18
  • Bradley Springs: 8.1 mi
  • Bradley Springs: 8.1 mi
  • Pine Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Pine Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Rock Springs: 21.8 mi
Historic sites: 6
  • Settlement of Fairview: 12.0 mi
  • Spring CIty Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Given Family Massacre: 16.3 mi
  • "The Old Fort": 17.6 mi
  • Pointless Monument: 18.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
Museums: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Salt Creek Canyon Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Double Falls: 23.3 mi
  • Grotto Falls: 23.5 mi
Attractions: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Site 10: 24.4 mi
  • Site 9: 24.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Maple Arch: 4.0 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Snow Sculture: 17.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Crooked Creek Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount NeboNNW 341°3,635.6 m15.6 mi
South Nebo PeakNNW 339°3,620.1 m15.0 mi
Middle Nebo PeakNNW 339°3,603.9 m15.2 mi
South Tent MountainSE 132°3,434 m22.1 mi
North Tent MountainSE 132°3,414 m21.1 mi
North PeakNNW 344°3,405.8 m16.5 mi
Lowry TopSE 124°3,396 m22.2 mi
Little MountainSE 131°3,332 m22.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0319:39
June solstice06:0020:1820:58
September equinox07:1518:5019:25
December solstice07:4516:2417:06

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263140465463716961493726
Precip in1.11.11.01.21.30.70.90.91.01.20.91.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moroni, 7 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jul — fullest in May, leanest in Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs4.95.68.527.853.637.015.38.47.25.34.94.6

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Salt Crk BL Nephi Powerplant Div NR Nephi, UT, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Sagebrush Lizard3 obs
  • Wapiti3 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk2 obs
  • Wild Turkey1 obs
  • Chipping Sparrow1 obs
  • White-crowned Sparrow1 obs
  • Mountain Bluebird1 obs
  • Gopher Snake1 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/10085891219

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