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Lower Spring

Lower Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Lower Spring is a spring in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,723 m. Mount Dellenbaugh stands 2,132 m to the east-northeast, 2.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Spring, a spring 1.2 miles away. 85 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.09276, -113.57295

85 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 37
Peaks: 22
  • Mount Dellenbaugh: 2.1 mi
  • Castle Peak: 6.3 mi
  • Burnt Canyon Point: 6.7 mi
  • Yellow John Mountain: 7.1 mi
  • Tincanebitts Point: 9.0 mi
Cliffs: 18
Waterfalls: 5
Attractions: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • Tassi Ranch: 24.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DellenbaughENE 58°2,132 m2.1 mi
Poverty MountainN 11°2,068 m21.8 mi
Yellow John MountainNE 54°2,056 m7.1 mi
Last Chance KnollNNW 340°2,054 m22.6 mi
Grassy MountainNNE 25°2,008 m14.1 mi
Blue MountainSSE 149°2,002 m11.7 mi
Castle PeakN 2°1,989 m6.3 mi
Price PointSE 131°1,941 m11.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:1318:46
June solstice05:1819:1719:55
September equinox06:2317:5918:33
December solstice07:4216:4417:24

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Oct–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464856637384898881675445
Precip in0.80.80.60.50.10.11.20.50.50.90.50.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meadview 1W, 28 mi away.

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).

  • Spinystar3 obs
  • Greater Short-horned Lizard1 obs
  • pointleaf manzanita1 obs
  • fernbush1 obs
  • Arizona ipomopsis1 obs
  • Gambel Oak1 obs
  • Whipple Cholla1 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/2006091133

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