Currant Spring
Currant Spring is a spring in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 2,109 m. Mount Emmons stands 4,090 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Knoll, a peak 1.9 miles away. Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off. 66 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 18.3 mi off the Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway, National
- 26.5 mi off the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway
- 26.5 mi off the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway - UT Section
Overlooks nearby
- Slate Gorge Overlook · 27 mi
- Hayden Peak Overlook · 27 mi
- Ice Caves · 28 mi
66 named places within 25 miles
- Bald Knoll: 1.9 mi
- Twin Knolls: 3.1 mi
- The Nipple: 4.4 mi
- Dry Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Todd Hill: 5.7 mi
- Birch Spring: 4.2 mi
- Tonigut Spring: 6.8 mi
- Willow Spring: 10.8 mi
- Lake Basin Spring: 14.8 mi
- Warm Springs: 16.1 mi
- Centennial Park: 10.2 mi
- Red Creek Wildlife Management Area: 13.8 mi
- Rabbit Gulch Wildlife Management Area: 14.5 mi
- Big Sand State Park: 18.0 mi
- Veterans Park: 18.4 mi
- Mount Albert: 4.4 mi
- The Point: 13.6 mi
- Red Cliff: 14.5 mi
- Bluffs Outlook: 22.8 mi
- Potter Castle: 17.5 mi
- Pinion Ridge Rest Area: 17.5 mi
- Duchesne "D": 18.2 mi
- Currant Creek Wildlife Management Area: 23.6 mi
- Little Deer Creek Falls: 24.0 mi
- Ute Ponds Day Use Area Fishing Site: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Currant Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Emmons | NNE 30° | 4,090 m | 23.7 mi |
| Second Gemini | NNE 19° | 4,056 m | 25.0 mi |
| Mount Lovenia | N 350° | 4,020 m | 24.1 mi |
| Porcupine Mountain | N 7° | 3,929 m | 24.2 mi |
| Kweeyahgut Peak | NNW 343° | 3,919 m | 20.8 mi |
| East Wilson Peak | N 9° | 3,895 m | 25.0 mi |
| Explorer Peak | NNW 344° | 3,870 m | 22.0 mi |
| Cleveland Peak | NNW 344° | 3,837 m | 19.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:58 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:15 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:16 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 23 | 34 | 41 | 50 | 60 | 67 | 65 | 56 | 44 | 31 | 19 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Altamont, 12 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Aug — fullest in Jun, leanest in Feb.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 42.5 | 42.3 | 45.8 | 49.4 | 106 | 241 | 166 | 91.3 | 74.9 | 54.4 | 47.0 | 44.2 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Rock Creek Near Mountain Home, UT, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Mountain Ball Cactus1 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/11171012563
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