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Green Spring

Green Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Green Spring is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,804 m. McAfee Peak stands 3,183 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Lost Wallet Rim, a cliff 1.6 miles away. 62 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.33237, -115.67138

62 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 28
Ghost towns: 4
Hot springs: 3
  • hot spring: 22.2 mi
  • hot spring: 22.3 mi
  • hot spring: 23.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
Parks: 1
  • Wild Horse State Recreation Area: 24.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
McAfee PeakNW 310°3,183 m20.4 mi
Jacks PeakNW 313°3,112 m23.0 mi
Jacks PeakWNW 302°3,064 m20.4 mi
Wheeler MountainW 262°2,750 m18.7 mi
Rocky BluffNW 320°2,693 m24.3 mi
Nannies PeakSW 228°2,672 m21.3 mi
Lone MountainSW 228°2,670 m21.3 mi
California MountainWNW 284°2,599 m15.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1918:55
June solstice05:1019:3820:20
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:0615:3316:17

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192231384654636152413020
Precip in1.71.01.21.41.60.80.50.40.60.81.11.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wild Horse Rsvr, 22 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs2.610.531.945.122.17.00.70.10.10.40.91.4

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Beaver CK Abv Conf N FK Humboldt RV NR Halleck, NV, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • poverty weed1 obs
  • Crested Wheatgrass1 obs
  • Saltlover1 obs
  • Ranchman's Tiger 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/11001974056

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