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Foote Spring

Foote Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Foote Spring is a spring in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 2,110 m. Elizabeth Mountain stands 3,150 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Crompton Spring, a spring 1.2 miles away. Mirror Lake Scenic Byway - WY Section passes 4.1 miles off. 60 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.30188, -110.89087

60 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 28
Springs: 18
Ghost towns: 5
Parks: 4
  • Hamblin Park: 3.8 mi
  • Anderson Park: 4.9 mi
  • Ottley Park: 5.6 mi
  • Piedmont Charcoal Kilns State Historic Site: 15.2 mi
Historic sites: 2
Rest areas: 1
Museums: 1
  • Uinta County Museum: 4.5 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Elizabeth MountainSSE 160°3,150 m23.9 mi
Porcupine MountainSSW 210°2,801 m22.7 mi
Medicine ButteNNW 346°2,621 m3.6 mi
Pine KnollSSE 161°2,571 m18.6 mi
Chapman ButteSE 127°2,563 m18.2 mi
Twenty KnollSSE 151°2,528 m16.5 mi
Bridger HillN 354°2,501 m24.2 mi
South Sheep MountainN 0°2,496 m15.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2818:5919:36
June solstice05:5120:1921:01
September equinox07:1218:4619:22
December solstice07:4716:1416:58

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222433404957646355443122
Precip in0.80.60.71.01.91.10.81.11.21.21.00.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Evanston 1 E, 4 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs40.545.211628975975018366.058.355.848.540.9

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Bear River AT Evanston, WY, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Northern Leopard Frog2 obs
  • Greater Sage-Grouse1 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk1 obs
  • common yarrow1 obs
  • Hooker's onion1 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/7943675754

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