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Maynard Spring

Maynard Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Maynard Spring is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 800 m. Billy Goat Peak stands 1,738 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Mockingbird Spring, a spring 0.7 miles away. Gold Butte Back Country Byway passes 5.1 miles off. 187 named places lie within 25 miles, 49 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.26055, -114.30541

187 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 49
  • Mineral Buttes: 3.2 mi
  • Garrett Butte: 4.1 mi
  • Rattlesnake Peak: 6.7 mi
  • Gold Butte: 6.8 mi
  • Cathedral Peaks: 6.9 mi
Attractions: 47
  • Petrified Dunes: 11.8 mi
  • Devils Fire: 13.8 mi
  • Pillar 2: 14.3 mi
  • Little Arch: 14.3 mi
  • Windows Loop: 14.3 mi
Springs: 44
Historic sites: 17
Cliffs: 7
Parks: 6
Beaches: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Blue Point Spring Parking Area: 11.3 mi
Museums: 1
Artworks: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Billy Goat PeakNE 38°1,738 m21.9 mi
Jumbo PeakESE 118°1,736 m7.9 mi
Mica PeakE 87°1,719 m8.3 mi
Bonelli PeakSSE 158°1,601 m8.3 mi
Muddy PeakW 277°1,590 m21.8 mi
Gold ButteE 83°1,529 m6.8 mi
Rattlesnake PeakSE 132°1,473 m6.7 mi
Quail PointNNE 31°1,232 m21.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4218:1518:49
June solstice05:2119:2019:59
September equinox06:2618:0218:36
December solstice07:4616:4717:27

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485361687888959485715747
Precip in0.91.00.60.30.10.20.30.30.10.50.40.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Echo BAY, 8 mi away.

  • Common Side-blotched Lizard4 obs
  • Silver Cholla4 obs
  • Mojave Yucca4 obs
  • Las Vegas Bearpoppy4 obs
  • California Barrel Cactus3 obs
  • Frémont's Phacelia3 obs
  • Beavertail Pricklypear2 obs
  • Desert Shaggymane2 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/2006091216

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