Dripping Springs
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
Named places within 25 miles
- Dripping Springs: 0.0 mi
- Dripping Springs: 0.1 mi
- Dripping Springs: 0.1 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 2.5 mi
- Fuller Spring: 2.7 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Fossil Springs Wilderness: 7.5 mi
- West Clear Creek Wilderness: 12.3 mi
- Mazatzal Wilderness: 18.6 mi
- Wet Beaver Wilderness: 21.3 mi
- Cedar Bench Wilderness: 22.0 mi
- Pine-Strawberry Museum: 1.2 mi
- Zane Grey House: 12.1 mi
- Plant Demonstration: 1.2 mi
- Camp Geronimo central restroom: 3.8 mi
- Bull Pen Day Use Area: 18.7 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Butte | NE 37° | 2,456 m | 5.3 mi |
| North Peak | S 188° | 2,273 m | 16.7 mi |
| Myrtle Point | E 93° | 2,265 m | 16.5 mi |
| Cinch Hook Butte | N 355° | 2,210 m | 4.1 mi |
| Twentynine Mile Butte | N 354° | 2,210 m | 6.5 mi |
| Sams Butte | N 360° | 2,155 m | 15.2 mi |
| Calloway Butte | NNW 344° | 2,088 m | 10.0 mi |
| Strawberry Mountain | W 260° | 2,074 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:30 | 18:05 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| September equinox | 06:15 | 17:51 | 18:24 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:42 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 45 | 50 | 56 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 75 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.2 |
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 6.6 | 10.8 | 13.2 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 11.6 | 10.5 | 8.2 | 5.4 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/2006102026
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