Hansen Spring
Hansen Spring is a spring in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 2,030 m. Mount Ellen stands 3,512 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Papoose Spring, a spring 1.5 miles away. Bicentennial Highway passes 14 miles off.
How to reach it
- 14.2 mi off the Bicentennial Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Hite Overlook · 18 mi
- Overlook Colorado River · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Papoose Spring: 1.5 mi
- Copper Spring: 1.7 mi
- Chucker Spring: 2.9 mi
- Starr Spring: 3.6 mi
- Twin Springs: 4.1 mi
- Mount Hillers: 2.5 mi
- Johns Knoll: 2.8 mi
- Cass Creek Peak: 3.3 mi
- Juds Knoll: 3.8 mi
- Bulldog Peak: 4.0 mi
- Ant Knolls Arch: 11.4 mi
- Hoskinnini Monument: 12.4 mi
- Arch: 14.6 mi
- Hamburger Rocks: 15.0 mi
- Brimhall Bridge: 15.7 mi
- Trail Cliff: 19.1 mi
- Tapestry Wall: 19.2 mi
- Black Jump: 22.8 mi
- Circle Cliffs: 23.8 mi
- Eagle City: 14.5 mi
- Hite: 16.2 mi
- Hite Crossing: 19.7 mi
- Upper Muley Twist Arch: 19.1 mi
- Arscenic Arch: 19.8 mi
- Old bunker: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of Hansen Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ellen | NNW 345° | 3,512 m | 17.8 mi |
| Mount Ellen Peak | NNW 345° | 3,495 m | 18.6 mi |
| Mount Pennell | NNW 333° | 3,471 m | 7.4 mi |
| Kimble And Turner Peak | NNW 347° | 3,388 m | 14.2 mi |
| Mount Hillers | NE 43° | 3,259 m | 2.5 mi |
| Dry Lakes Peak | NNW 346° | 3,182 m | 19.7 mi |
| Bartons Peak | N 351° | 3,034 m | 14.5 mi |
| Corral Point | NNW 342° | 3,002 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:27 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 44 | 52 | 60 | 70 | 81 | 88 | 85 | 76 | 62 | 48 | 38 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hite RS, 19 mi away.
- Common Side-blotched Lizard1 obs
- Green Ephedra1 obs
- Bridges' penstemon1 obs
- Plateau Striped Whiptail1 obs
- Townsend's Big-eared Bat1 obs
- Fremont barberry1 obs
- Desert Paintbrush1 obs
- Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus1 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/3389671678
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