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Dripping Springs

Dripping Springs, seen from above at true elevation

Dripping Springs is a spring in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,821 m. Baker Butte stands 2,456 m to the northeast, 5.3 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates34.39073, -111.43493

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Peaks
  • Strawberry Mountain: 3.2 mi
  • Cinch Hook Butte: 4.1 mi
  • Buckhead Mesa: 4.4 mi
  • Cedar Mesa: 4.4 mi
  • Baker Butte: 5.3 mi
Cliffs: 24
  • Mogollon Rim: 1.6 mi
  • Milk Ranch Point: 1.7 mi
  • Mogollon Rim: 2.1 mi
  • Mogollon Rim: 2.6 mi
  • Mogollon Rim: 4.7 mi
Parks: 12
  • Tonto Natural Bridge State Park: 4.8 mi
  • East Verde Park: 7.8 mi
  • Battle of Big Dry Wash Historical Marker: 11.4 mi
  • Rumsey Park: 11.5 mi
  • Payson Rodeo Grounds: 11.7 mi
Historic sites: 10
  • Ruin Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Spade Ranch house: 3.9 mi
  • Lazy T-7 Ranch: 10.9 mi
  • Shoofly Ruins: 11.1 mi
  • Original General Spring Box: 11.5 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • East Verde Crossing: 7.6 mi
  • First Crossing: 8.9 mi
  • Third Crossing: 8.9 mi
  • Water Wheel: 9.0 mi
  • Second Crossing: 9.0 mi
Museums: 2
  • Pine-Strawberry Museum: 1.2 mi
  • Zane Grey House: 12.1 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Plant Demonstration: 1.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Camp Geronimo central restroom: 3.8 mi
Attractions: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Dripping Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baker ButteNE 37°2,456 m5.3 mi
North PeakS 188°2,273 m16.7 mi
Myrtle PointE 93°2,265 m16.5 mi
Cinch Hook ButteN 355°2,210 m4.1 mi
Twentynine Mile ButteN 354°2,210 m6.5 mi
Sams ButteN 360°2,155 m15.2 mi
Calloway ButteNNW 344°2,088 m10.0 mi
Strawberry MountainW 260°2,074 m3.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3018:0518:38
June solstice05:1519:0519:42
September equinox06:1517:5118:24
December solstice07:2916:4217:20

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424550566373787570605042
Precip in2.92.81.90.80.60.32.72.62.01.31.62.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natural BRG, 5 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs3.43.74.06.610.813.212.012.011.610.58.25.4

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge East Verde R Div From East Clear CR NR Pine, AZ, 10 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Wapiti68 obs
  • great mullein29 obs
  • Parry's agave29 obs
  • alligator juniper20 obs
  • pointleaf manzanita19 obs
  • Acorn Woodpecker18 obs
  • Sonoran scrub oak15 obs
  • Pringle's manzanita12 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/2006102026

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