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Echo Spring

Echo Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Echo Spring is a spring in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 1,267 m. Eagle Peak stands 2,274 m to the north-northwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Echo Peak, a peak 1.6 miles away. Texas Mountain Trail passes 14 miles off. 43 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.

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Coordinates30.79721, -105.01120
Around it

43 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 23
  • Echo Peak: 1.6 mi
  • High Lonesome Peak: 8.7 mi
  • Eagle Peak: 9.6 mi
  • Heliograph Hill: 12.9 mi
  • Panther Peak: 13.2 mi
Historic sites: 9
Parks: 3
  • South Lobo Campground: 15.7 mi
  • Rivas Park: 19.2 mi
  • Van Horn City Park: 20.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Van Horn V: 20.1 mi
Museums: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eagle PeakNNW 333°2,274 m9.6 mi
Panther PeakNNW 335°1,929 m13.2 mi
Tumbledown MountainNNE 18°1,780 m25.0 mi
Star MesaSE 130°1,761 m23.5 mi
High Lonesome PeakENE 70°1,715 m8.7 mi
Newton MesaSE 128°1,698 m22.9 mi
North MesaSE 125°1,650 m22.1 mi
Echo PeakNNW 349°1,649 m1.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:4019:12
June solstice05:5819:3220:07
September equinox06:4918:2618:58
December solstice06:5416:2717:03

Local time (America/Ciudad_Juarez).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454956637280818073645345
Precip in0.50.40.30.20.51.12.01.91.50.90.40.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — VAN Horn, 20 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Greater Earless Lizard24 obs
  • Collared Peccary20 obs
  • strawberry hedgehog cactus20 obs
  • Texas rainbow cactus19 obs
  • ocotillo17 obs
  • Creosote Bush17 obs
  • Texas Banded Gecko15 obs
  • Faxon Yucca13 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/10082863721

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