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McKenna Spring

McKenna Spring, seen from above at true elevation

McKenna Spring is a spring in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,342 m. Whitewater Baldy stands 3,310 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Horse Spring, a spring 1.3 miles away. Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2342 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.22066, -108.44358

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Horse Spring: 1.3 mi
  • Horse Spring: 2.5 mi
  • Turnbo Spring: 3.0 mi
  • Lilley Park Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Quentin Spring: 7.3 mi
Peaks
Parks: 10
Historic sites: 5
  • Grudging Cabin: 9.7 mi
  • Ruins: 11.8 mi
  • Ruins: 12.2 mi
  • Graves: 21.4 mi
  • Leopold Vista Historical Monument: 22.5 mi
Hot springs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Nature reserves: 1
Picnic sites: 1
Attractions: 1
Museums: 1
  • Mogollon Museum: 23.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of McKenna Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whitewater BaldyWNW 302°3,310 m13.5 mi
Willow MountainWNW 304°3,283 m16.2 mi
Mogollon Baldy PeakWNW 292°3,269 m9.4 mi
Sacaton MountainWNW 284°3,250 m14.6 mi
Black MountainWNW 292°3,241 m14.2 mi
Center BaldyWNW 297°3,210 m12.6 mi
Grouse MountainWNW 295°3,081 m17.4 mi
Indian PeakWNW 295°3,061 m14.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5319:26
June solstice06:0619:5020:27
September equinox07:0318:3919:12
December solstice07:1416:3317:11

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374146525867717064544437
Precip in1.00.90.70.40.50.72.73.11.81.21.01.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gila HOT Springs, 14 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Northern Flicker1 obs
  • Western Terrestrial Garter Snake1 obs
  • American Black Bear1 obs
  • Western Wallflower1 obs
  • Beardlip Penstemon1 obs
  • Isa schaefferana1 obs
  • Gray-collared Chipmunk1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/2509000213

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