Forest Spring
Forest Spring is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,927 m. Ruby Dome stands 3,428 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Drown Peak, a peak 5.1 miles away. Lamoille Canyon Road passes 14 miles off. 78 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 13.8 mi off the Lamoille Canyon Road
78 named places within 25 miles
- Lee Spring: 9.0 mi
- Cherry Spring: 9.6 mi
- Cherry Spring: 10.1 mi
- Owl Spring: 10.3 mi
- Brennen Spring: 10.5 mi
- Drown Peak: 5.1 mi
- King Peak: 6.3 mi
- Tipton Peak: 7.3 mi
- Green Mountain: 7.7 mi
- Wines Peak: 10.6 mi
- South Fork: 12.8 mi
- Cottonwood: 17.7 mi
- Hunter: 24.6 mi
- Franklin Lake Wildlife Management Area: 13.1 mi
- Spring Creek Marina: 18.2 mi
- The Elko E: 23.4 mi
- The Elko E: 23.4 mi
- South Fork State Recreation Area: 15.0 mi
- Power House Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
- Fisherman's Point: 15.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Forest Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby Dome | NNE 33° | 3,428 m | 11.1 mi |
| Mount Fitzgerald | NE 49° | 3,418 m | 12.5 mi |
| Snow Lake Peak | NE 51° | 3,394 m | 13.0 mi |
| Verdi Peak | NE 48° | 3,375 m | 16.3 mi |
| Mount Gilbert | NE 38° | 3,352 m | 12.1 mi |
| Mount Silliman | NE 38° | 3,336 m | 11.5 mi |
| Lake Peak | ENE 63° | 3,329 m | 11.5 mi |
| King Peak | E 96° | 3,326 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:36 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 15:36 | 16:19 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 31 | 37 | 43 | 51 | 60 | 69 | 67 | 58 | 47 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jiggs 2NE, 5 mi away.
- Banded Garden Spider2 obs
- thimbleberry1 obs
- Alpine Enchanter's-nightshade1 obs
- Dugway Buckwheat1 obs
- Nuttall's Sheep Moth1 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/10942464656
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