McKnight Springs
McKnight Springs is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,741 m. Nannies Peak stands 2,672 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugarloaf, a peak 5.8 miles away. Angel Lake Road passes 27 miles off. 51 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 27.3 mi off the Angel Lake Road
51 named places within 25 miles
- Sugarloaf: 5.8 mi
- Tower Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Peko Peak: 8.2 mi
- Morgan Hill: 10.3 mi
- Twin Buttes: 12.7 mi
- Green Spring: 10.0 mi
- Beaver Spring: 12.9 mi
- Double Mountain Spring: 14.3 mi
- Dip Spring: 14.5 mi
- Skull Spring: 15.8 mi
- Dinner Station: 19.1 mi
- Sherman: 21.6 mi
- Tulasco: 22.7 mi
- North Fork: 22.8 mi
- hot spring: 13.3 mi
- hot spring: 13.3 mi
- hot spring: 13.9 mi
- Lost Wallet Rim: 9.3 mi
- Humboldt Park: 19.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of McKnight Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nannies Peak | WSW 253° | 2,672 m | 23.8 mi |
| Lone Mountain | WSW 253° | 2,670 m | 23.8 mi |
| California Mountain | WNW 297° | 2,599 m | 24.4 mi |
| Stag Mountain | NNE 19° | 2,484 m | 13.3 mi |
| Double Mountain | NNW 327° | 2,474 m | 16.3 mi |
| Tower Mountain | WSW 245° | 2,345 m | 6.8 mi |
| Wild Horse Mountain | NNW 348° | 2,306 m | 20.6 mi |
| Elko Mountain | SSW 192° | 2,286 m | 23.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:38 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:05 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:33 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 27 | 37 | 43 | 52 | 59 | 67 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Deeth, 18 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–Jun — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 34.0 | 64.5 | 129 | 210 | 186 | 123 | 27.5 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 12.6 | 17.0 | 20.4 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge N FK Humboldt RV AT Devils Gate NR Halleck, NV, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/11001973722
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