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Harris Creek Spring No. 1

Harris Creek Spring No. 1, seen from above at true elevation

Harris Creek Spring No. 1 is a spring in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 840 m. Crow Hill stands 2,245 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Harris Creek Spring No. 2, a spring 0.3 miles away. JCT ALT SR 97 TO SOUTH LAKESHORE RD passes 5.0 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
840 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.80998, -120.31438

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 41
  • Entiat State Wildlife Area: 5.9 mi
  • Willow Point Park: 8.2 mi
  • Old Swim Hole: 8.7 mi
  • Manson Bay Park: 8.8 mi
  • Singleton Park: 9.3 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Earthquake Point: 7.8 mi
  • Tunnel Zip Lines: 8.3 mi
  • Lake Shores: 13.0 mi
  • Jet Skis Galore: 13.0 mi
  • Chelan Parasail: 13.1 mi
Artworks: 15
Museums: 11
  • Nature's Window Museum of Wildlife: 8.4 mi
  • Columbia Breaks Fire Interpretive Center: 9.3 mi
  • Entiat Museum: 10.7 mi
  • Lake Chelan Historical Society Museum: 14.0 mi
  • Douglas County Historical Museum: 15.9 mi
Beaches: 10
Historic sites: 7
Waterfalls: 6
Cliffs: 5
Gardens: 5
Nature reserves: 4
Picnic sites: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Harris Creek Spring No. 1. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crow HillNNW 328°2,245 m18.0 mi
Graham MountainNNW 330°2,208 m19.8 mi
Stormy MountainNNW 344°2,194 m6.3 mi
East PointNNW 337°2,083 m11.1 mi
Signal PeakWNW 300°2,081 m11.4 mi
Big HillNNW 330°2,081 m16.4 mi
Klone PeakNW 307°2,079 m17.7 mi
Little Goat MountainNNW 348°2,061 m19.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3319:14
June solstice05:0320:1621:04
September equinox06:4918:2019:01
December solstice07:4815:1916:12

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303644515965737264523931
Precip in2.01.31.40.80.90.80.30.30.41.21.92.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Entiat Fish Hatchery, 8 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1161241573621,1261,333580196105102152141

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Entiat River Near Ardenvoir, WA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Douglas-fir3 obs
  • Bighorn Sheep2 obs
  • Solomon's plume2 obs
  • Scarlet Gilia2 obs
  • Ocean spray2 obs
  • Flax-flowered Linanthus2 obs
  • Antelope Bitterbrush2 obs
  • western stoneseed2 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/12068845084

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