Double Mountain Spring
Double Mountain Spring is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,956 m. McAfee Peak stands 3,183 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Skull Spring, a spring 1.6 miles away. 65 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.
How to reach it
65 named places within 25 miles
- Double Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Wild Horse Mountain: 8.7 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 10.6 mi
- Sugarloaf: 11.6 mi
- Stag Mountain: 11.9 mi
- Skull Spring: 1.6 mi
- Dip Spring: 2.6 mi
- Chicken Creek Springs: 3.1 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 3.2 mi
- Chicken Springs: 3.6 mi
- North Fork: 8.8 mi
- Charleston: 20.5 mi
- Gold Creek: 21.1 mi
- Jack Creek: 22.5 mi
- Dinner Station: 23.0 mi
- Lost Wallet Rim: 6.5 mi
- Wild Horse State Recreation Area: 19.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Double Mountain Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| McAfee Peak | WNW 298° | 3,183 m | 17.1 mi |
| Jacks Peak | WNW 303° | 3,112 m | 19.5 mi |
| Jacks Peak | WNW 289° | 3,064 m | 17.7 mi |
| Wheeler Mountain | WSW 247° | 2,750 m | 19.5 mi |
| Rocky Bluff | NW 312° | 2,693 m | 20.4 mi |
| Nannies Peak | SW 219° | 2,672 m | 24.5 mi |
| Lone Mountain | SW 219° | 2,670 m | 24.5 mi |
| Red Mountain | NW 314° | 2,650 m | 21.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:39 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:32 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 22 | 31 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 63 | 61 | 52 | 41 | 30 | 20 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wild Horse Rsvr, 17 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Feb–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 2.6 | 10.5 | 31.9 | 45.1 | 22.1 | 7.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Beaver CK Abv Conf N FK Humboldt RV NR Halleck, NV, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Mormon Cricket2 obs
- rock buckwheat1 obs
- arrowleaf balsamroot1 obs
- musk thistle1 obs
- matted wild buckwheat1 obs
- Plains Pricklypear1 obs
- Needle-and-thread Grass1 obs
- Bluebunch Wheatgrass1 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/11005964193
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