Horricks Spring
Horricks Spring is a spring in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 2,525 m. Mount Emmons stands 4,090 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodard Spring, a spring 1.0 miles away. Flaming Gorge-Uintas Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 22.8 mi off the Flaming Gorge-Uintas Scenic Byway, National
- 19.9 mi off the Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pullout · 25 mi
- Sheep Creek Bay Overlook Interpretive Area · 26 mi
- Sheep Creek Overlook · 26 mi
- Lookout Sheep Creek · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Woodard Spring: 1.0 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 1.6 mi
- Snake John Spring: 2.1 mi
- Red Pine Spring: 2.4 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 2.4 mi
- Whiterocks: 2.5 mi
- Mosby Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Ice Cave Peak: 2.7 mi
- Pole Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Paradise Peak: 5.5 mi
- Fort Robidoux Historical Monument: 9.4 mi
- Tridell Park: 11.0 mi
- Shindy Hollow Picnic Site: 15.4 mi
- Lapoint Park: 15.5 mi
- Old Carter Trail Historical marker: 17.6 mi
- Chalk Cliffs: 5.9 mi
- Rock Point: 21.5 mi
- Skinwalker Ridge: 23.1 mi
- Skinwalker Ridge: 23.1 mi
- Skinwalker Ridge: 23.1 mi
- Northern Ute Veterans Memorial: 20.4 mi
- Uintah "U": 21.3 mi
- Rex: 23.7 mi
- Veteran Memorial: 24.5 mi
- Ute Ponds Day Use Area Fishing Site: 9.0 mi
- Moose Ponds Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
- Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum: 24.0 mi
- Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum: 24.8 mi
- Cedarview: 16.5 mi
- Moonshine arch: 21.7 mi
- VBC Garden: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Horricks Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Emmons | WNW 295° | 4,090 m | 20.0 mi |
| Painter Peak | WNW 298° | 4,080 m | 23.9 mi |
| Second Gemini | WNW 298° | 4,056 m | 24.4 mi |
| East Gunsight | NW 307° | 3,937 m | 24.1 mi |
| East Gilbert Peak | NW 310° | 3,917 m | 24.8 mi |
| Anne Benchmark Peak | NW 314° | 3,878 m | 24.3 mi |
| South Burro Peak | NW 325° | 3,873 m | 20.5 mi |
| Coffin Mountain | NW 317° | 3,863 m | 23.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:14 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:13 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 26 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 68 | 59 | 46 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Neola, 13 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Aug — fullest in Jun, leanest in Feb.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 29.0 | 26.5 | 27.9 | 48.0 | 270 | 379 | 179 | 120 | 93.0 | 68.2 | 44.1 | 33.8 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Whiterocks River Near Whiterocks, UT, 1 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Scarlet Gilia4 obs
- Dreamy Duskywing3 obs
- Large Marble3 obs
- Hoary Elfin3 obs
- Brown Elfin2 obs
- Green Comma2 obs
- Wyoming Paintbrush2 obs
- Western Pine Elfin2 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/11171012812
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