Fish Spring
Fish Spring is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,556 m. Freel Peak stands 3,305 m to the west-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Pinenut Shooting Range, a park 2.0 miles away. Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway passes 13 miles off.
How to reach it
- 13.1 mi off the Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway
- 15.4 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 17.6 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 27.0 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Cave Rock · 18 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 18 mi
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 24 mi
- Scenic lookout · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pinenut Shooting Range: 2.0 mi
- Mt Siegel OHV Staging Area: 2.2 mi
- Douglas County Fairground: 2.5 mi
- Bently Park: 4.3 mi
- Stodick Park: 4.3 mi
- Anderson Peak: 2.7 mi
- Rock Cliff: 7.0 mi
- Sugar Loaf: 8.3 mi
- Mount Siegel: 8.7 mi
- Galena Peak: 8.9 mi
- Buffalo Spring: 6.4 mi
- Carters Springs: 6.9 mi
- China Spring: 8.1 mi
- Lebo Spring: 9.4 mi
- Dowd Springs: 9.6 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 16.2 mi
- Nevada Beach: 16.5 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach: 16.6 mi
- El Dorado Beach: 17.0 mi
- Pope Beach: 20.2 mi
- Barney Riley: 11.8 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 13.0 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 15.9 mi
- Nevada State Constitution Monument: 16.9 mi
- Nevada Vietnam Memorial: 17.0 mi
- Carson Valley Museum and Cultural Center: 5.4 mi
- Genoa Courthouse Museum: 11.5 mi
- Nevada State Railroad Museum: 16.0 mi
- Old US Mint: 17.2 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 17.5 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 16.6 mi
- Zephyr Cove Beach: 16.7 mi
- M. S. Dixie II Terminal: 16.8 mi
- Palmyra Town Site: 17.9 mi
- Palmyra Mining Camp: 17.9 mi
- River Fork Ranch Preserve: 10.1 mi
- Artesia Lake State Wildlife Management Area: 15.2 mi
- Johnson Meadow: 18.3 mi
- Grover Hot Springs State Park: 19.2 mi
- Washoe Meadows State Park: 20.5 mi
- Genoa Falls: 12.5 mi
- Lower King's Canyon Waterfall: 17.6 mi
- Modjeska Falls: 23.9 mi
- Cascade Falls: 24.2 mi
- Eagle Falls: 24.7 mi
- 4-second Climbing Area: 15.8 mi
- Hangman's Cave: 18.1 mi
- Distillery Wall: 21.0 mi
- Detox Wall: 21.0 mi
- Tallac Point: 21.6 mi
- Como: 18.9 mi
- Ludwig: 20.1 mi
- Stone Cabin: 20.4 mi
- Sutro: 24.1 mi
- Carson City Community Garden: 17.5 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 21.2 mi
- St Theresa: 17.4 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Fish Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freel Peak | WSW 248° | 3,305 m | 14.4 mi |
| Jobs Sister | WSW 248° | 3,299 m | 13.5 mi |
| Jobs Peak | WSW 245° | 3,233 m | 12.5 mi |
| Monument Peak | W 266° | 3,068 m | 13.3 mi |
| Hawkins Peak | SW 221° | 3,052 m | 18.1 mi |
| Trimmer Peak | WSW 253° | 3,016 m | 15.2 mi |
| East Peak | W 272° | 2,899 m | 13.7 mi |
| Mount Siegel | ESE 111° | 2,869 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:48 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:58 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 37 | 43 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Minden, 7 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jul — fullest in May, leanest in Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 192 | 227 | 317 | 627 | 1,190 | 1,001 | 400 | 147 | 98.9 | 96.8 | 130 | 170 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge E FK Carson RV NR Gardnerville, NV, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- cushion buckwheat5 obs
- Long-nosed Leopard Lizard4 obs
- Egg Milkvetch4 obs
- Rock Pigeon3 obs
- Humboldt Mountains milkweed3 obs
- Plains Pricklypear3 obs
- Dorr's Sage3 obs
- Sagebrush Cholla3 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/7330737309
Day trips start here
- Bliss State Park · 24 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 24 mi
- Virginia City · 26 mi
- Republic of Molossia · 27 mi
- Incline Village · 28 mi
- Homewood · 29 mi
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