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Deer Park Spring

Deer Park Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Deer Park Spring is a spring in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 1,269 m. Dragontail Peak stands 2,695 m to the west, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Tiptop, a peak 1.0 miles away. JCT SR 10 VIC ELLENSBURG TO JCT SR 2 VIC PESHASTIN passes 1.5 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
1269 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.45100, -120.62142

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 49
Artworks: 25
Springs: 21
Historic sites: 17
Attractions: 17
  • Chelan County Fairgrounds: 7.5 mi
  • Chelan County Fairgrounds: 7.6 mi
  • Wildlife Viewing Blind: 7.7 mi
  • Hatchery Park Ampitheater: 7.8 mi
  • Alpine Ascent Climbing Wall: 9.8 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Snow Creek Wall: 7.1 mi
  • Central Park: 8.1 mi
  • Lizard Wall: 8.4 mi
  • Icicle Buttress: 9.1 mi
  • Stones Throw: 9.5 mi
Museums: 11
  • Cashmere Museum and Pioneer Village: 9.1 mi
  • Greater Leavenworth Museum: 10.1 mi
  • Nutcracker Museum & Store: 10.1 mi
  • Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center: 14.6 mi
  • Rocky Reach Discovery Center: 16.0 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Shore Street River Access: 8.5 mi
  • Deer Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Rafters Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Enchantment Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Hot Sand Beach: 9.9 mi
Gardens: 8
Nature reserves: 5
Picnic sites: 4
Waterfalls: 3
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Deer Park Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dragontail PeakW 281°2,695 m10.1 mi
Pandora's BoxW 280°2,658 m10.2 mi
Colchuck PeakW 280°2,653 m10.7 mi
Cannon MountainWNW 293°2,637 m9.2 mi
Enchantment PeakWNW 287°2,597 m8.9 mi
Witches TowerW 281°2,597 m9.7 mi
Little AnnapurnaW 278°2,578 m9.1 mi
Argonaut PeakW 277°2,577 m11.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3519:15
June solstice05:0620:1621:04
September equinox06:5018:2219:02
December solstice07:4815:2216:15

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263239475562696960483527
Precip in4.12.92.51.21.41.00.40.40.82.44.14.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Leavenworth 3 S, 8 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs3103163236831,6981,779801248154237429351

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Icicle Creek Above Snow Creek Near Leavenworth, WA, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Western Ponderosa Pine8 obs
  • Wenatchee Mountain coneflower8 obs
  • Thompson's Desert Parsley8 obs
  • Mountain Goat7 obs
  • Giant Blazingstar7 obs
  • Arrowleaf Buckwheat6 obs
  • sulfur buckwheat6 obs
  • Chelan Penstemon5 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/11506284314

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