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McBride Springs

McBride Springs, seen from above at true elevation

McBride Springs is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 2,380 m. The Jumpoff stands 4,126 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Truman Spring, a spring 2.5 miles away. 78 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.97501, -118.48788

78 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 36
Springs: 32
Ghost towns: 5
Historic sites: 3
  • Cousin Jack: 9.9 mi
  • Cabin: 10.6 mi
  • Petroglyphs: 18.8 mi
Parks: 1
  • Ida Lynn Parkinson Park: 10.8 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Warm Springs: 23.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
The JumpoffSSE 147°4,126 m13.4 mi
Mount DuboisSSE 149°4,126 m15.4 mi
Montgomery PeakSE 143°4,098 m11.8 mi
Boundary PeakSE 140°4,007 m11.6 mi
Mount HogueSSE 149°3,884 m19.5 mi
Headley PeakSSE 151°3,858 m22.7 mi
Indian PeakSSE 154°3,443 m21.8 mi
Glass Mountain Ridge HPSW 219°3,402 m18.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3119:06
June solstice05:3219:4120:21
September equinox06:4218:1818:53
December solstice07:0715:5716:39

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

  • sulfur buckwheat2 obs
  • Common Side-blotched Lizard1 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard1 obs
  • Western Honey Bee1 obs
  • apricot globemallow1 obs
  • Green Ephedra1 obs
  • Nevada gilia1 obs
  • Narrowleaf Willow1 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/7932846783

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