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Juniper Spring

Juniper Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Juniper Spring is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,710 m. Milk Peak stands 2,623 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Willow Springs, a spring 1.2 miles away. Barrel Springs Back Country Byway passes 6.6 miles off. 65 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.

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Coordinates41.70479, -119.99581
Around it

65 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 30
Springs: 28
  • Willow Springs: 1.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 1.6 mi
  • Applegate Hot Springs: 8.4 mi
  • Glenn's Hot Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Leonard's Hot Spring: 8.8 mi
Historic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
Parks: 1
  • Sheldon National Antelope Refuge: 22.4 mi
Nature reserves: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Milk PeakSSW 210°2,623 m22.9 mi
Mount BidwellNNW 334°2,529 m20.1 mi
Bald MountainWSW 245°2,518 m15.6 mi
Mount VidaNW 323°2,500 m19.8 mi
Cedar MountainWSW 241°2,476 m16.5 mi
Yellow MountainNNW 329°2,460 m21.0 mi
Buck MountainW 273°2,417 m14.6 mi
Fandango PeakNW 311°2,369 m16.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:2619:5720:39
September equinox06:4818:2218:59
December solstice07:2515:4816:33

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323540455361706861503830
Precip in2.71.92.11.81.50.80.20.20.31.12.12.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Bidwell, 14 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Hooker's onion2 obs
  • Mourning Dove1 obs
  • prickly lettuce1 obs
  • flixweed1 obs
  • Foxtail Barley1 obs
  • grand collomia1 obs
  • desert madwort1 obs
  • Field Alison1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/11332188925

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