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Deer Park Spring

Deer Park Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Deer Park Spring is a spring in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,616 m. Whitewater Baldy stands 3,310 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Lone Pine Spring, a spring 1.0 miles away. Coronado Trail Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates33.32546, -108.84795

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Peaks
Historic sites: 5
Cliffs: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Museums: 1
  • Mogollon Museum: 5.7 mi
Attractions: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Frisco Camp Picnic Site: 19.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Deer Park Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whitewater BaldyE 91°3,310 m11.9 mi
Willow MountainE 80°3,283 m10.0 mi
Sacaton MountainESE 112°3,250 m9.9 mi
Black MountainE 101°3,241 m10.4 mi
Center BaldyE 97°3,210 m12.2 mi
Grouse MountainE 88°3,081 m7.6 mi
Indian PeakE 96°3,061 m9.9 mi
Bearwallow MountainNE 50°3,031 m13.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5519:27
June solstice06:0719:5220:29
September equinox07:0418:4119:14
December solstice07:1616:3517:13

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404348546271757368584740
Precip in1.41.30.90.40.70.63.02.82.01.31.11.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glenwood, 2 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs94.912318012966.026.537.279.269.577.548.576.4

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge San Francisco River Near Glenwood, NM, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Mule Deer12 obs
  • alligator juniper6 obs
  • Clark's Spiny Lizard4 obs
  • Curve-billed Thrasher3 obs
  • Bell's Vireo3 obs
  • Arizona sycamore3 obs
  • gray oak3 obs
  • Common Black Hawk2 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/2006087459

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