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Dip Spring

Dip Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Dip Spring is a spring in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 2,029 m. Eagle Peak stands 3,016 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Spring, a spring 1.2 miles away. Barrel Springs Back Country Byway passes 6.3 miles off. 93 named places lie within 25 miles, 39 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
2029 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.49938, -119.89988

93 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 49
Peaks: 39
  • Big Hat Mountain: 3.2 mi
  • Fortynine Mountain: 4.1 mi
  • Black Hills: 8.8 mi
  • Metzker Peak: 9.3 mi
  • Little Hat Mountain: 9.4 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Vya: 6.7 mi
  • Fortynine Camp: 7.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Modoc Natural Bridge: 20.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eagle PeakSW 226°3,016 m21.6 mi
Warren PeakWSW 243°2,950 m18.6 mi
Dusenbury PeakSW 235°2,768 m18.4 mi
Emerson PeakSW 217°2,724 m22.7 mi
Cole PeakSW 222°2,723 m20.7 mi
Milk PeakWSW 251°2,623 m17.4 mi
Horse MountainSSW 212°2,588 m23.0 mi
Bearcamp MountainSW 216°2,576 m23.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3519:12
June solstice05:2719:5620:38
September equinox06:4818:2218:58
December solstice07:2315:4916:34

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333641465564737163513931
Precip in1.71.21.51.41.30.70.20.20.30.91.62.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cedarville, 15 mi away.

  • hairy paintbrush2 obs
  • Bighorn Sheep1 obs
  • Tiny Mousetail1 obs
  • Low Beardtongue1 obs
  • fleshy porterella1 obs
  • wax currant1 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/1030815689

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