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McClure Spring

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Elevation, modelled
1,923 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Currant Mountain3,492 m · 20.3 mi
Nearest byway
Lunar Crater Back Country Byway29.2 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
20:13local time
Coordinates
38.8969, -115.8013
McClure Spring, seen from above at true elevation

McClure Spring is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled 1,923 m. Currant Mountain stands 3,492 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Florio Outrider Cabin, a historic site 4.5 miles away. Lunar Crater Back Country Byway passes 29 miles off. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Currant MountainE 87°3,492 m20.3 mi
Duckwater PeakE 82°3,377 m20.2 mi
White Pine PeakE 96°3,065 m18.5 mi
BlackrockENE 72°3,048 m20.4 mi
Corduroy MountainENE 74°2,916 m21.5 mi
Moonshine PeakWNW 284°2,872 m24.7 mi
Portuguese MountainSSW 194°2,795 m11.0 mi
Park MountainW 272°2,752 m18.9 mi

71 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 21
Historic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 2
DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:2018:55
June solstice05:1919:3320:13
September equinox06:3218:0718:42
December solstice06:5915:4316:25

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283037425059666557473628
Precip in0.60.70.80.81.00.60.91.01.40.60.40.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Snowball RCH, 24 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs14.214.314.314.314.414.213.913.913.814.014.114.3

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Big Warm Spgs NR Duckwater, NV, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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