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Lost Spring

Lost Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Lost Spring is a spring in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 941 m. Mount Trumbull stands 2,441 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Dripping Spring, a spring 0.7 miles away. 103 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.15586, -113.37728

103 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 43
  • Dripping Spring: 0.7 mi
  • End Spring: 1.6 mi
  • Middle Spring: 2.3 mi
  • George Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Cedar Spring: 2.9 mi
Peaks: 31
  • Andrus Point: 2.9 mi
  • Lone Mountain: 3.7 mi
  • Mollies Nipple: 5.0 mi
  • Yellow John Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • Mount Dellenbaugh: 9.7 mi
Cliffs: 25
Attractions: 1
  • Wings of Time: 18.7 mi
Historic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrumbullNE 37°2,441 m22.0 mi
Mount LoganNNE 33°2,388 m16.8 mi
Mount EmmaENE 57°2,342 m13.7 mi
Slide MountainNE 44°2,308 m16.5 mi
Petty KnollNE 42°2,292 m16.8 mi
Craigs KnollNNE 30°2,188 m24.4 mi
Mount DellenbaughWSW 250°2,132 m9.7 mi
Prospect PointSE 135°2,098 m20.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:1218:46
June solstice05:1719:1719:55
September equinox06:2217:5818:32
December solstice07:4216:4317:23

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Inside the official boundary of Grand Canyon National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Jul.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

  • blackfoot daisy1 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/2006091080

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