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Mission Spring

Mission Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Mission Spring is a spring in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 708 m. McClellan Peak stands 2,549 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Sheep Rock, a peak 2.9 miles away. JCT SR 10 VIC ELLENSBURG TO JCT SR 2 VIC PESHASTIN passes 4.7 miles off.

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Coordinates47.36304, -120.46205

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 43
Artworks: 25
Springs: 17
  • Beehive Spring: 3.9 mi
  • Grouse Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Cougar Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Lion Rock Springs: 9.5 mi
  • Lion Rock Springs: 9.6 mi
Attractions: 14
  • Great Northern Steam Locomotive: 8.2 mi
  • Wenatchee Riverfront Railway: 8.4 mi
  • Annie's Fun Farm: 10.3 mi
  • Chelan County Fairgrounds: 11.0 mi
  • Chelan County Fairgrounds: 11.1 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Snow Creek Wall: 16.6 mi
  • Lizard Wall: 17.2 mi
  • Central Park: 17.6 mi
  • Icicle Buttress: 18.6 mi
  • Stones Throw: 19.1 mi
Gardens: 10
Beaches: 9
  • Sunny Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Shore Street River Access: 17.2 mi
  • Deer Beach: 18.2 mi
  • Rafters Beach: 18.2 mi
  • Enchantment Beach: 18.3 mi
Museums: 7
  • Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center: 8.2 mi
  • Cashmere Museum and Pioneer Village: 10.9 mi
  • Rocky Reach Discovery Center: 13.9 mi
  • Rocky Reach Dam Discovery Center: 13.9 mi
  • Nutcracker Museum & Store: 18.6 mi
Historic sites: 6
Nature reserves: 5
Picnic sites: 4
Waterfalls: 3
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Mission Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
McClellan PeakWNW 296°2,549 m16.8 mi
The TempleWNW 302°2,527 m16.9 mi
High PriestWNW 301°2,510 m17.1 mi
Prusik PeakWNW 300°2,439 m17.4 mi
Fantasia TowerWNW 294°2,401 m17.2 mi
Three BrothersWNW 286°2,226 m15.3 mi
Edward PeakNW 308°2,219.5 m17.6 mi
Navaho PeakWNW 285°2,201.6 m16.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3419:15
June solstice05:0620:1521:03
September equinox06:4918:2119:01
December solstice07:4715:2216:14

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313644526168767566523931
Precip in1.30.90.70.60.80.60.20.20.20.71.11.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wenatchee, 8 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1,8181,9862,3844,0228,1268,4174,0521,3167391,1022,3211,962

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Wenatchee River AT Monitor, WA, 10 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Wildlife nearby
  • Tweedy's lewisia2 obs
  • Wenatchee Mountains Trillium2 obs
  • Fairy-slipper1 obs
  • Western Ponderosa Pine1 obs
  • Lorquin's Admiral1 obs
  • thimbleberry1 obs
  • woodland pinedrops1 obs
  • Scarlet Gilia1 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/11531340241

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