Deer Spring
Deer Spring is a spring in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 2,321 m. Warbonnet Peak stands 2,861 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Dugway Rim, a cliff 1.7 miles away. 58 named places lie within 25 miles, 51 of them named summits.
How to reach it
58 named places within 25 miles
- Ice Cave Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Reno Hill: 8.1 mi
- Gunnysack Benchmark: 8.4 mi
- Six Horse Hill: 8.6 mi
- Cherry Mountain: 9.5 mi
- Beartrap Meadow County Park: 22.1 mi
- Converse County Park: 24.6 mi
- Rotary Park: 24.6 mi
- Dugway Rim: 1.7 mi
- Smith Creek Rim: 24.9 mi
- Shirley Basin: 13.0 mi
- Shirley Basin Rest Area: 15.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Deer Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warbonnet Peak | E 97° | 2,861 m | 14.8 mi |
| Buffalo Peak | ENE 74° | 2,844 m | 12.1 mi |
| Roaring Mountain | E 80° | 2,833 m | 12.3 mi |
| Twin Peaks | E 85° | 2,814 m | 11.0 mi |
| Cherry Mountain | ENE 69° | 2,786 m | 9.5 mi |
| Gunnysack Benchmark | NE 39° | 2,761 m | 8.4 mi |
| Buck Peak | ENE 60° | 2,743 m | 10.7 mi |
| Fortymile Peak | ESE 118° | 2,663 m | 19.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:03 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:49 | 16:35 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 18 | 28 | 37 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 61 | 51 | 39 | 27 | 16 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shirley Basin, 7 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 3.2 | 4.7 | 13.5 | 44.2 | 73.6 | 16.8 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge L Medicine Bow R ab Sand Cr, nr Shirley Basin, WY, 10 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Rocky Mountain Parnassian1 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/10091114086
Day trips start here
- Casper · 29 mi
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