- Elevation, modelled
- 1,223 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Mollies Nipple2,214 m · 22.9 mi
- Nearest byway
- Fredonia-Vermillion Cliffs Scenic Road15.7 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:51local time
- Coordinates
- 36.9826, -111.8509
First Spring is a spring in Arizona, at a modelled 1,223 m. Mollies Nipple stands 2,214 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Spring, a spring 1.0 miles away. Fredonia-Vermillion Cliffs Scenic Road passes 16 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of First Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mollies Nipple | NNW 331° | 2,214 m | 22.9 mi |
| White Knolls | SSE 167° | 2,090 m | 14.0 mi |
| The Big Knoll | S 181° | 2,054 m | 9.6 mi |
| Powells Monument | SE 135° | 2,042 m | 13.3 mi |
| Tselgiishil | SSE 148° | 2,028 m | 23.1 mi |
| Middle Knoll | S 178° | 2,018 m | 8.0 mi |
| Flag Point | WNW 283° | 1,976 m | 24.2 mi |
| Buckskin Mountain | W 268° | 1,966 m | 14.0 mi |
- 15.7 mi off the Fredonia-Vermillion Cliffs Scenic Road
- 22.3 mi off the Naat' tsis' aan - Navajo Mountain Scenic Road
- 27.3 mi off the Kaibab Plateau-North Rim ParkwayNational
Overlooks nearby
- Lookout Vermillion Cliffs · 21 mi
- Scenic View Vermillion Cliffs · 21 mi
- Le Fevre Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Slide Rock Arch: 1.9 mi
- Butterfly: 3.0 mi
- Franks: 3.0 mi
- Hole in the Rock: 3.1 mi
- White Pocket: 3.1 mi
- Bridger Point: 1.5 mi
- Wolf Knoll: 2.6 mi
- Flat Top: 5.5 mi
- Little Knoll: 6.7 mi
- Red Knolls: 7.6 mi
- Big Spring: 1.0 mi
- Second Crack Spring: 1.2 mi
- Shower Spring: 5.3 mi
- Calf Spring: 5.9 mi
- White House Spring: 6.8 mi
- Vermilion Cliffs National Monument: 12.1 mi
- Big Water Park: 12.6 mi
- Vermillion Park: 21.5 mi
- Children's Park: 21.7 mi
- Elm Street Fitness Park: 21.8 mi
- The Dive: 5.2 mi
- The Rimrocks: 8.9 mi
- Vermilion Cliffs: 11.4 mi
- Echo Cliffs: 17.6 mi
- Red Point: 21.8 mi
- Dick's Arch: 9.2 mi
- Buckskin Gulch Arch: 9.6 mi
- Starlight Arch: 20.6 mi
- Paria Beach: 16.2 mi
- Lone Rock Beach: 17.4 mi
- Sandbar: 18.4 mi
- Coyote Buttes North: 8.6 mi
- Coyote Buttes South: 8.7 mi
- Lee's Ferry: 16.7 mi
- Paria: 19.1 mi
- Catstair Canyon Detroit Riprap: 11.8 mi
- Wilson Ranch: 13.0 mi
- Echo Peaks Fall: 18.7 mi
- John Wesley Powell Museum: 22.0 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:05 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:34 | 17:15 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 39 | 47 | 54 | 64 | 74 | 81 | 78 | 70 | 57 | 43 | 33 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paria RS, 9 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Mar, Aug–Oct — fullest in Aug, leanest in Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 21.3 | 25.9 | 28.3 | 14.1 | 8.1 | 4.3 | 11.2 | 35.9 | 23.6 | 19.1 | 14.3 | 16.3 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Paria River Near Kanab, Utah, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
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