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Murdock Spring No. 3

Murdock Spring No. 3, seen from above at true elevation

Murdock Spring No. 3 is a spring in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 962 m. Crow Hill stands 2,245 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Harris Creek Spring No. 1, a spring 0.5 miles away. JCT ALT SR 97 TO SOUTH LAKESHORE RD passes 5.2 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
962 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.81619, -120.32095

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 41
  • Entiat State Wildlife Area: 6.4 mi
  • Willow Point Park: 8.1 mi
  • Old Swim Hole: 8.7 mi
  • Manson Bay Park: 8.8 mi
  • Singleton Park: 9.4 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Earthquake Point: 8.4 mi
  • Tunnel Zip Lines: 8.7 mi
  • Lake Shores: 13.3 mi
  • Jet Skis Galore: 13.3 mi
  • Chelan Parasail: 13.3 mi
Artworks: 15
Museums: 11
  • Nature's Window Museum of Wildlife: 8.8 mi
  • Columbia Breaks Fire Interpretive Center: 9.8 mi
  • Entiat Museum: 11.2 mi
  • Lake Chelan Historical Society Museum: 14.2 mi
  • Douglas County Historical Museum: 16.4 mi
Beaches: 10
Historic sites: 7
Waterfalls: 6
Gardens: 5
Cliffs: 5
Nature reserves: 4
Picnic sites: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Murdock Spring No. 3. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crow HillNNW 328°2,245 m17.5 mi
Graham MountainNNW 330°2,208 m19.3 mi
Stormy MountainNNW 346°2,194 m5.8 mi
Big Goat MountainNNW 348°2,147 m20.3 mi
East PointNNW 338°2,083 m10.6 mi
Signal PeakWNW 298°2,081 m10.9 mi
Big HillNNW 330°2,081 m15.9 mi
Klone PeakNW 306°2,079 m17.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3319:14
June solstice05:0320:1621:04
September equinox06:4918:2019:01
December solstice07:4815:1916:12

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303644515965737264523931
Precip in2.01.31.40.80.90.80.30.30.41.21.92.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Entiat Fish Hatchery, 8 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1161241573621,1261,333580196105102152141

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Entiat River Near Ardenvoir, WA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Douglas-fir2 obs
  • Solomon's plume2 obs
  • Ocean spray2 obs
  • Flax-flowered Linanthus2 obs
  • Antelope Bitterbrush2 obs
  • western stoneseed2 obs
  • Tall western groundsel2 obs
  • Dusky Grouse1 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/12068448607

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