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Little Jackson Spring

Little Jackson Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Little Jackson Spring is a spring in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 2,454 m. Escudilla Mountain stands 3,326 m to the north, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Jackson Spring, a spring 0.4 miles away. Coronado Trail Scenic Byway passes 2.2 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates33.81674, -109.11641

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Jackson Spring: 0.4 mi
  • Upper Road Cienega Spring: 1.4 mi
  • Skousen Spring: 1.9 mi
  • Road Cienega Spring: 2.0 mi
  • Dump Flat Spring: 2.5 mi
Peaks
Cliffs: 6
Parks: 2
Museums: 2
  • Butterfly Lodge Museum: 23.7 mi
  • Casa Malpais Archaeological Park & Museum: 23.8 mi
Historic sites: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Madonna of the Trail: 23.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Public Viewing Area: 24.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Little Jackson Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Escudilla MountainN 357°3,326 m9.7 mi
Escudilla LookoutN 358°3,315 m9.0 mi
Pat KnollNW 310°2,929 m15.8 mi
Noble MountainNW 322°2,919 m7.1 mi
South MountainWNW 284°2,899 m3.0 mi
Pat KnollNW 313°2,891 m16.1 mi
Turner PeakNE 40°2,874 m6.5 mi
S U KnollsWNW 291°2,868 m18.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2117:5618:28
June solstice05:0718:5419:31
September equinox06:0517:4218:15
December solstice07:1816:3417:12

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313338435058636156473831
Precip in1.31.10.90.50.70.83.94.32.31.61.21.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alpine, 3 mi away.

  • Ridings' Satyr15 obs
  • MacDougal verbena11 obs
  • Eared Grebe8 obs
  • upright prairie coneflower7 obs
  • pinewoods geranium7 obs
  • Western Terrestrial Garter Snake5 obs
  • Muskrat5 obs
  • Wapiti5 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/6329490357

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