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Douglas Camp Spring

Douglas Camp Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Douglas Camp Spring is a spring in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,436 m. Mica Mountain stands 2,627 m to the east, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Mesa de la Osa, a peak 1.9 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 8.5 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates32.22779, -110.60671

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Mesa de la Osa: 1.9 mi
  • Tanque Verde Peak: 2.7 mi
  • Helens Dome: 2.8 mi
  • Spud Rock: 3.3 mi
  • Mica Mountain: 3.7 mi
Springs
Parks
  • Chimenea Natural Area: 6.5 mi
  • Roy P Drachman - Agua Caliente Regional Park: 8.2 mi
  • Bristol Park: 10.1 mi
  • Sierra Morado Community Center: 10.8 mi
  • Castle Rock Park: 10.8 mi
Artworks: 49
  • Foutain of Youth: 8.2 mi
  • Moments To Remember: 14.0 mi
  • McT-Rex: 14.3 mi
  • Butterfly Project Installation: 17.7 mi
  • Organ Pipe Cactus: 17.7 mi
Gardens: 49
  • Desert Plants Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Word Garden: 17.7 mi
  • Cactus and Succulent Garden: 17.7 mi
  • Xeriscape Garden: 17.7 mi
  • Horticultural Therapy Beds: 17.7 mi
Nature reserves: 48
  • El Sereno Preserve: 5.7 mi
  • Agua Caliente Creek: 8.0 mi
  • Monument Estates: 8.9 mi
  • Rocking K: 9.8 mi
  • Sonoran Heights: 9.9 mi
Attractions: 38
  • Tall Wall: 13.5 mi
  • Incinerated Ridge: 13.5 mi
  • Ciénega Bridge: 14.6 mi
  • Anthony's: 15.0 mi
  • OV 10 Bronco: 15.8 mi
Historic sites: 24
  • Donovan's Camp: 10.5 mi
  • OF Parker Ranch: 12.2 mi
  • Airmen Memorial Bridge: 13.7 mi
  • Old Fort Lowell Hospital: 15.8 mi
  • Dinosaur Tracks: 17.8 mi
Museums: 22
Waterfalls: 7
  • Chiva Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Bridal Wreath Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Ernie's Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Tanque Verde Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Seven Catarcts: 11.7 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Sun Spot: 9.1 mi
  • Alcatraz: 10.0 mi
  • Mr Meanor Wall: 10.0 mi
  • Jailhouse Rock: 10.0 mi
  • Charlie Dike: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 5

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Douglas Camp Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mica MountainE 99°2,627 m3.7 mi
Mount BigelowNNW 334°2,606.6 m14.4 mi
Rincon PeakSSE 147°2,585 m8.9 mi
Kellogg MountainNNW 335°2,561.41 m14.2 mi
DuckbillESE 111°2,559 m3.8 mi
Spud RockE 101°2,553 m3.3 mi
Man HeadESE 111°2,550 m4.0 mi
Marshall PeakNW 325°2,530 m16.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2718:0218:34
June solstice05:1718:5719:33
September equinox06:1117:4818:21
December solstice07:2016:4517:22

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535661687786878581726253

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saguaro NP, 8 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs12.813.311.03.20.10.03.08.63.01.81.45.9

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Rincon Creek Near Tucson, Az., 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Inside the official boundary of Saguaro National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Aug and Jul; busiest: Mar.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

  • fishhook barrel cactus55 obs
  • pointleaf manzanita22 obs
  • Schott's century plant13 obs
  • Chipping Sparrow10 obs
  • saguaro10 obs
  • Gray Hairstreak9 obs
  • Gila Monster8 obs
  • Arizona mariposa lily8 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/2006087812

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