McCutchen Spring
McCutchen Spring is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,778 m. Stairstep Mountain stands 3,069 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Barton Spring, a spring 4.5 miles away. Extraterrestrial Highway passes 20 miles off. 46 named places lie within 25 miles, 16 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 19.9 mi off the Extraterrestrial Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Queen City Summit panorama · 21 mi
- Red Flag view spot · 27 mi
46 named places within 25 miles
- Barton Spring: 4.5 mi
- Mud Spring: 5.5 mi
- Wild Horse Spring: 6.4 mi
- Quinn Canyon Springs: 7.5 mi
- Black Spring: 10.4 mi
- Worthington Peak: 4.7 mi
- Skull Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Mystery Mountain: 9.7 mi
- Meeker Peak: 10.5 mi
- Stairstep Mountain: 10.5 mi
- Adaven: 12.4 mi
- Willow Creek Mine: 16.8 mi
- Nyala: 20.0 mi
- Tempiute: 21.6 mi
- Leviathan Cave Geologic Area: 10.2 mi
- D.C. Day Park: 22.4 mi
- EWU Resort: 22.5 mi
- Adaven: 12.4 mi
- City: 13.6 mi
- Michael Heizer City: 13.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of McCutchen Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stairstep Mountain | NNW 339° | 3,069 m | 10.5 mi |
| Troy Mountain | N 358° | 3,054 m | 13.1 mi |
| Worthington Peak | SE 131° | 2,724 m | 4.7 mi |
| Meeker Peak | SSE 156° | 2,665 m | 10.5 mi |
| Skull Mountain | NNW 326° | 2,605 m | 7.1 mi |
| Golden Gate Range | ESE 119° | 2,489 m | 14.7 mi |
| Monte Mountain | SSE 157° | 2,417 m | 23.9 mi |
| Tempiute Mountain | S 175° | 2,361 m | 23.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:20 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:30 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:07 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 15:46 | 16:27 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 37 | 44 | 50 | 59 | 69 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 53 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rachel, 22 mi away.
- Fendler's Sandmat3 obs
- Watson's spineflower2 obs
- Dark Red Onion2 obs
- Rose Heath2 obs
- ripley's cymopterus2 obs
- Whitemargin Sandmat2 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard1 obs
- Western Rattlesnake1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/5836912799
Day trips start here
- Rachel · 22 mi
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