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Dead Cedar Spring

Dead Cedar Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Dead Cedar Spring is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,856 m. Goshute Peak stands 2,916 m to the northwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Ferguson Springs, a spring 1.5 miles away. 47 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.41839, -114.20900

47 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 25
Springs: 8
Historic sites: 5
  • Cabin: 15.0 mi
  • Wendover Will: 23.4 mi
  • Lincoln Highway Memorial: 23.4 mi
  • Enola Gay Memorial: 23.4 mi
  • Long Distance Telephone Memorial: 23.6 mi
Parks: 4
  • Salt Springs Waterfowl Management Area: 11.0 mi
  • West Wendover Equestrian Park: 22.8 mi
  • Scobie Park: 23.4 mi
  • Victory Plaza: 23.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Arch: 11.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Attractions: 1
Museums: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dead Cedar Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Goshute PeakNW 321°2,916 m7.2 mi
Mount PisgahW 278°2,740 m3.3 mi
Sharp PeakWSW 255°2,553 m18.9 mi
Bald PeakWSW 247°2,476 m19.2 mi
Sugar Loaf PeakSSW 196°2,431 m8.0 mi
White Horse MountainSSW 201°2,386 m9.0 mi
Twin PeaksNW 309°2,356 m24.4 mi
Dutch MountainSE 125°2,343 m23.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4118:1318:49
June solstice05:0819:3020:11
September equinox06:2518:0018:36
December solstice06:5715:3116:14

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273443516171807766523728
Precip in0.30.20.30.40.60.30.20.20.50.30.20.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wendover AP Awos, 23 mi away.

  • singleleaf pinyon4 obs
  • Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus2 obs
  • Saltlover2 obs
  • Spinystar2 obs
  • Domestic Horse2 obs
  • Clark's Nutcracker1 obs
  • Brewer's Blackbird1 obs
  • Gopher Snake1 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/6943601913

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