Gheen Spring
Gheen Spring is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,914 m. Hole in the Mountain Peak stands 3,440 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Emigrant Spring, a spring 1.0 miles away. Lamoille Canyon Road passes 7.0 miles off. 92 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 7.0 mi off the Lamoille Canyon Road
- 23.2 mi off the Angel Lake Road
92 named places within 25 miles
- Horse Mountain: 3.5 mi
- John Day: 4.4 mi
- Bald Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Soldier Peak: 5.0 mi
- Old Man of the Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Emigrant Spring: 1.0 mi
- Warm Spring: 1.0 mi
- Granite Spring: 7.1 mi
- Hoot Owl Spring: 8.4 mi
- Magpie Spring: 8.6 mi
- Fort Halleck Historical Marker: 3.3 mi
- Spring Creek Marina: 10.4 mi
- Humboldt Park: 15.6 mi
- Main City Park: 20.7 mi
- Southside Park: 20.7 mi
- Ruby City: 9.3 mi
- South Fork: 20.6 mi
- Sherman: 23.1 mi
- Caterpillar grader: 20.6 mi
- 9/11 World Trade Center Monument: 20.7 mi
- Chilton Centennial Tower: 20.9 mi
- Northeastern Nevada Museum: 20.7 mi
- Cowboy Gear and Arts Museum: 20.9 mi
- Western Folklife Center: 21.0 mi
- The Elko E: 17.9 mi
- The Elko E: 17.9 mi
- Power House Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Hole in the Mountain: 17.8 mi
- Kelly Ostler Rose Garden: 20.7 mi
- Basque Sheepherder: 20.7 mi
- South Fork State Recreation Area: 21.7 mi
- Fisherman's Point: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gheen Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hole in the Mountain Peak | NE 46° | 3,440 m | 18.1 mi |
| Ruby Dome | SSW 209° | 3,428 m | 11.5 mi |
| Mount Fitzgerald | S 191° | 3,418 m | 11.5 mi |
| Snow Lake Peak | S 187° | 3,394 m | 11.3 mi |
| Verdi Peak | S 176° | 3,375 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mount Gilbert | SSW 202° | 3,352 m | 10.7 mi |
| Humboldt Peak | NE 55° | 3,349 m | 16.0 mi |
| Mount Silliman | SSW 204° | 3,336 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:36 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:04 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 15:34 | 16:18 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 25 | 34 | 40 | 48 | 56 | 64 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 31 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lamoille 2N, 6 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Jan.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 5.2 | 5.6 | 8.5 | 28.5 | 147 | 213 | 80.2 | 15.9 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 5.5 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Lamoille CK NR Lamoille, NV, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Scarlet Gilia2 obs
- singleleaf pinyon2 obs
- woollypod milkvetch2 obs
- Rocky Mountain maple2 obs
- grasswidow2 obs
- wax currant2 obs
- creeping mahonia2 obs
- Clark's Nutcracker1 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/10961953240
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