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Mud Spring

Mud Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Mud Spring is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,878 m. Ruby Dome stands 3,428 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Reinhart Spring, a spring 1.7 miles away. Lamoille Canyon Road passes 24 miles off. 86 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.66653, -115.93847

86 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 25
Parks: 13
  • Carlin Park: 9.9 mi
  • Angel Park: 14.2 mi
  • Fir St. Pocket Park: 14.3 mi
  • Southside Park: 14.5 mi
  • Mountain View Park: 14.7 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Museums: 4
  • California Trail Interpretive Center, Free Museum: 6.6 mi
  • Western Folklife Center: 14.7 mi
  • Cowboy Gear and Arts Museum: 14.7 mi
  • Northeastern Nevada Museum: 15.5 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Chilton Centennial Tower: 14.8 mi
  • 9/11 World Trade Center Monument: 15.6 mi
  • Caterpillar grader: 15.8 mi
Attractions: 2
  • The Elko E: 15.7 mi
  • The Elko E: 15.8 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Fisherman's Point: 8.6 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Basque Sheepherder: 15.4 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Kelly Ostler Rose Garden: 15.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Power House Picnic Area: 24.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ruby DomeE 97°3,428 m24.5 mi
Lee PeakE 97°3,325 m23.7 mi
Elliott BenchmarkS 188°2,669 m17.9 mi
Ravens NestSSW 199°2,640 m12.0 mi
Bunker HillSSW 200°2,636 m11.4 mi
Pine MountainSW 214°2,524 m11.4 mi
Swales MountainNNW 342°2,430 m19.6 mi
Robinson MountainS 180°2,427 m19.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:2018:56
June solstice05:1419:3820:19
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:0515:3716:20

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252937435160696757453426
Precip in1.00.81.01.11.40.70.30.50.60.70.60.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S FK State REC Area, 10 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1282564726949671,17231746.424.139.465.586.8

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Humboldt RV NR Carlin, NV, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Greater Short-horned Lizard1 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/10900887310

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