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Lone Pine Spring

Lone Pine Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Lone Pine Spring is a spring in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,802 m. Whitewater Baldy stands 3,310 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Deer Park Spring, a spring 1.0 miles away. Coronado Trail Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates33.33622, -108.83563

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Peaks
Parks: 10
Historic sites: 5
Cliffs: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Museums: 1
  • Mogollon Museum: 4.7 mi
Attractions: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Frisco Camp Picnic Site: 20.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Lone Pine Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whitewater BaldyE 94°3,310 m11.2 mi
Willow MountainE 84°3,283 m9.2 mi
Mogollon Baldy PeakESE 108°3,269 m14.6 mi
Sacaton MountainESE 117°3,250 m9.6 mi
Black MountainESE 106°3,241 m9.9 mi
Center BaldyESE 101°3,210 m11.6 mi
Grouse MountainE 94°3,081 m6.9 mi
Indian PeakE 101°3,061 m9.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5519:27
June solstice06:0719:5220:29
September equinox07:0418:4119:14
December solstice07:1616:3517:12

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404348546271757368584740
Precip in1.41.30.90.40.70.63.02.82.01.31.11.4

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

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs94.912318012966.026.537.279.269.577.548.576.4

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge San Francisco River Near Glenwood, NM, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • alligator juniper4 obs
  • Clark's Spiny Lizard3 obs
  • Gila Trout3 obs
  • Mule Deer2 obs
  • Golden-headed Scallopwing2 obs
  • Whitewater Creek Woodlandsnail2 obs
  • Common Black Hawk1 obs
  • Sonoran Lyre Snake1 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/2006091048

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