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Kittridge Springs

Kittridge Springs, seen from above at true elevation

Kittridge Springs is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,895 m. Nannies Peak stands 2,672 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. Lamoille Canyon Road passes 22 miles off. 75 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.92836, -115.81533

75 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 24
Springs: 17
Parks: 14
  • Mountain View Park: 6.0 mi
  • Elko Pump Track: 6.0 mi
  • Peace Park: 6.1 mi
  • Elko City Dog Park: 6.5 mi
  • Elko Skate Park: 6.5 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Museums: 4
  • Northeastern Nevada Museum: 6.8 mi
  • Western Folklife Center: 7.2 mi
  • Cowboy Gear and Arts Museum: 7.2 mi
  • California Trail Interpretive Center, Free Museum: 13.0 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Caterpillar grader: 6.7 mi
  • 9/11 World Trade Center Monument: 6.7 mi
  • Chilton Centennial Tower: 7.2 mi
Attractions: 2
  • The Elko E: 9.8 mi
  • The Elko E: 9.8 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Kelly Ostler Rose Garden: 6.8 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Basque Sheepherder: 6.8 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Fisherman's Point: 18.0 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Power House Picnic Area: 24.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nannies PeakNNW 328°2,672 m16.1 mi
Lone MountainNNW 329°2,670 m16.1 mi
Swales MountainW 273°2,430 m12.4 mi
Lake MountainNW 304°2,409 m24.6 mi
Fish Creek MountainWNW 283°2,377 m14.2 mi
Tower MountainNNE 25°2,345 m19.6 mi
Elko MountainESE 104°2,286 m10.0 mi
Sherman PeakNE 37°2,281 m5.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1918:56
June solstice05:1219:3820:19
September equinox06:3218:0618:42
December solstice07:0515:3516:19

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263139455464737160473526
Precip in1.30.91.01.11.30.90.40.30.60.80.91.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elko NWS Office, 6 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–Jun — fullest in Jun, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs87.118434050165674818222.49.822.743.957.6

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Humboldt RV NR Elko, NV, 10 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Killdeer1 obs
  • Hololena1 obs
  • Redstem Stork's-bill1 obs
  • common yarrow1 obs
  • panicled willowherb1 obs
  • Mourning Cloak1 obs
  • Coyote Tobacco1 obs
  • North American Common Water Strider1 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/10998161808

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