Murdock Spring No. 1
Murdock Spring No. 1 is a spring in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 669 m. Crow Hill stands 2,245 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Medsker Spring, a spring 0.8 miles away. JCT SR 2 VIC MONITOR TO JCT SR 97 VIC CHELAN passes 6.4 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 669 m
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the JCT SR 2 VIC MONITOR TO JCT SR 97 VIC CHELAN
- 6.8 mi off the JCT ALT SR 97 TO SOUTH LAKESHORE RD
- 7.5 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
- 18.5 mi off the JCT WOODS CREEK RD NEAR MONROE TO JCT US 97 NEAR PESHASTIN
Overlooks nearby
- Peshastin Lookout · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Goman Peak: 4.0 mi
- Forest Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Baldy Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Ribbon Mesa: 6.5 mi
- Dick Mesa: 7.2 mi
- Entiat State Wildlife Area: 6.2 mi
- Columbia Breaks Fire Interpretive Center: 8.7 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 9.2 mi
- Theodore "Buzz" Butts Park: 9.5 mi
- Entiat Park: 9.9 mi
- Flower Dancing in the Wind: 15.1 mi
- Coyote Leads The Salmon Up The River: 15.4 mi
- Fishing Rights: 15.5 mi
- Miles and Miles of Blues: 15.5 mi
- Chelan Bear: 15.6 mi
- Medsker Spring: 0.8 mi
- Murdock Spring No. 2: 1.5 mi
- Harris Creek Spring No. 1: 2.2 mi
- Harris Creek Spring No. 2: 2.4 mi
- Murdock Spring No. 3: 2.4 mi
- Earthquake Point: 7.3 mi
- Tunnel Zip Lines: 9.4 mi
- Leavenworth Ziplines: 14.5 mi
- Lake Shores: 14.6 mi
- Jet Skis Galore: 14.6 mi
- Columbia Breaks Fire Interpretive Center: 8.7 mi
- Entiat Museum: 9.8 mi
- Nature's Window Museum of Wildlife: 9.9 mi
- Lake Chelan Historical Society Museum: 15.6 mi
- Douglas County Historical Museum: 15.7 mi
- Minneapolis Beach: 11.3 mi
- Sand Bar: 19.6 mi
- Marble Rock Beach: 19.9 mi
- Hot Sand Beach: 20.0 mi
- Enchantment Beach: 20.1 mi
- Rex (Rogers) Stamp Mill: 5.8 mi
- 1945 Lake Chelan School Bus Accident Memorial: 9.6 mi
- Lucas Homestead: 11.0 mi
- Lady Of The Lake I Pilot House: 15.5 mi
- CCC: 15.7 mi
- Ribbon Cliff: 7.4 mi
- Earthquake Point: 7.8 mi
- Number Rock: 10.1 mi
- Upper Castle Rock: 21.4 mi
- Lower Castle Rock: 21.4 mi
- garden = pumpkin patch: 6.2 mi
- leisure = garden: 6.3 mi
- E. Lorene Young Community Garden: 19.5 mi
- Royal Bavarian Kanzlers Rose Garden: 19.9 mi
- Ohme Gardens: 21.2 mi
- Preston Falls: 8.0 mi
- McCrea Falls: 9.8 mi
- Silver Falls: 15.1 mi
- Bridal Falls: 17.6 mi
- Big Creek Falls: 18.1 mi
- Entiat National Fish Hatchery: 5.9 mi
- Chelan Coulees Preserve: 8.5 mi
- Peshastin Pinnacles State Park: 18.7 mi
- Mountain Home Ridge (CDLT): 21.8 mi
- Porter's Pond Nature Area: 24.3 mi
- Pioneer Park Picnic Site: 15.7 mi
- Spruce Grove Day Use Area: 19.5 mi
- Swiftwater Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
- Day Use Area: 20.9 mi
- Nason Creek Rest Area: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Murdock Spring No. 1. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crow Hill | NNW 334° | 2,245 m | 18.9 mi |
| Graham Mountain | NNW 335° | 2,208 m | 20.8 mi |
| Stormy Mountain | N 357° | 2,194 m | 7.9 mi |
| East Point | NNW 346° | 2,083 m | 12.4 mi |
| Signal Peak | NW 311° | 2,081 m | 11.3 mi |
| Big Hill | NNW 337° | 2,081 m | 17.5 mi |
| Klone Peak | NW 314° | 2,079 m | 17.8 mi |
| Little Goat Mountain | N 353° | 2,061 m | 21.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:33 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 20:16 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 15:19 | 16:12 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 36 | 44 | 51 | 59 | 65 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Entiat Fish Hatchery, 6 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 40.4 | 46.9 | 70.2 | 142 | 342 | 259 | 75.2 | 31.1 | 22.9 | 26.2 | 38.1 | 38.9 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Mad River AT Ardenvoir, WA, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Veery1 obs
- Red-breasted Nuthatch1 obs
- Cassin's Vireo1 obs
- Common Poorwill1 obs
- Great Horned Owl1 obs
- Western Terrestrial Garter Snake1 obs
- Bighorn Sheep1 obs
- Douglas-fir1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/12068448022
Day trips start here
- Waterville · 16 mi
- Cashmere · 19 mi
- Leavenworth · 20 mi
- East Wenatchee · 25 mi
- Wenatchee · 25 mi
Take the scenic way to Murdock Spring No. 1.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.