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Mud Springs

Mud Springs, seen from above at true elevation

Mud Springs is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,742 m. Beaver Peak stands 2,677 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Yellow Spring, a spring 1.6 miles away. 73 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.88727, -116.09557

73 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 28
Springs: 13
Parks: 12
  • Carlin Park: 12.3 mi
  • Mountain View Park: 16.5 mi
  • Elko Pump Track: 16.6 mi
  • Angel Park: 17.0 mi
  • Elko City Dog Park: 17.1 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Museums: 4
  • California Trail Interpretive Center, Free Museum: 12.1 mi
  • Western Folklife Center: 17.8 mi
  • Cowboy Gear and Arts Museum: 17.9 mi
  • Northeastern Nevada Museum: 18.2 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Chilton Centennial Tower: 17.9 mi
  • 9/11 World Trade Center Monument: 18.2 mi
  • Caterpillar grader: 18.3 mi
Attractions: 2
  • The Elko E: 20.9 mi
  • The Elko E: 20.9 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Basque Sheepherder: 18.1 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Kelly Ostler Rose Garden: 18.2 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Fisherman's Point: 22.5 mi
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beaver PeakNNW 328°2,677 m15.4 mi
Nannies PeakNNE 21°2,672 m17.6 mi
Lone MountainNNE 21°2,670 m17.7 mi
Pine MountainS 176°2,524 m24.8 mi
Swales MountainNNE 33°2,430 m4.1 mi
Lake MountainNNW 341°2,409 m17.6 mi
Fish Creek MountainN 8°2,377 m6.1 mi
Marys MountainSW 220°2,345 m13.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2118:57
June solstice05:1419:3920:20
September equinox06:3318:0718:43
December solstice07:0615:3616:20

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273240465463727060473627
Precip in1.20.91.01.01.20.60.40.30.60.70.91.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elko Rgnl AP, 17 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs9.119.949.910478.923.33.31.41.62.84.05.4

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Maggie CK Abv Maggie CK Cyn NR Carlin, NV, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/10900933956

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