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Flag Springs

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Elevation, modelled
1,611 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Mount Grafton3,343 m · 24.0 mi
Nearest byway
Highway 9320.6 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
20:08local time
Coordinates
38.4226, -115.0231
Flag Springs, seen from above at true elevation

Flag Springs is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled 1,611 m. Mount Grafton stands 3,343 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Butterfield Springs, a spring 1.3 miles away. Highway 93 passes 21 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount GraftonNE 39°3,343 m24.0 mi
Shingle PeakNE 41°2,995 m7.9 mi
Mount MontezumaNE 55°2,780 m19.2 mi
Ninemile MountainN 5°2,724 m17.8 mi
Whipple PeakE 99°2,689 m2.6 mi
Bald MountainWNW 286°2,640 m21.1 mi
Dutch John MountainE 86°2,638 m18.8 mi
Grassy MountainESE 105°2,613 m19.7 mi

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Peaks: 16
Nature reserves: 1
Hot springs: 1
Parks: 1
Ghost towns: 1
DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1718:52
June solstice05:1719:2820:08
September equinox06:2918:0418:39
December solstice06:5515:4216:23

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313441475666737062503830
Precip in0.80.70.80.80.80.50.50.70.90.90.40.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sunnyside - Lund 31S, under a mile away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan, Apr–Jun, Sep, Nov — fullest in Jun, leanest in Feb.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs13.813.613.713.813.813.913.713.713.813.713.813.7

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Hot CK NR Sunnyside, NV, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

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