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Murray Spring

Murray Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Murray Spring is a spring in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 2,281 m. Marsh Peak stands 3,718 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Guch Spring, a spring 0.3 miles away. Flaming Gorge-Uintas Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 31 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.54573, -109.87989

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Guch Spring: 0.3 mi
  • Rat Spring: 0.6 mi
  • Birch Spring: 0.6 mi
  • Lyman Spring: 1.2 mi
  • Cedar Point Spring: 1.2 mi
Peaks: 31
Parks: 23
  • Fort Robidoux Historical Monument: 6.4 mi
  • Tridell Park: 6.5 mi
  • Lapoint Park: 10.8 mi
  • Shindy Hollow Picnic Site: 10.8 mi
  • Remember the Maine Park: 15.0 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • Chalk Cliffs: 2.6 mi
  • Rock Point: 16.7 mi
  • Skinwalker Ridge: 19.7 mi
  • Skinwalker Ridge: 19.7 mi
  • Skinwalker Ridge: 19.8 mi
Historic sites: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Ute Ponds Day Use Area Fishing Site: 13.5 mi
  • Moose Ponds Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Moonshine arch: 17.5 mi
  • Dinosaur Trackway: 23.3 mi
Museums: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Gardens: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Dinah The Pink Dinosaur: 20.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Marsh PeakNNE 13°3,718 m11.7 mi
Mount UntermannN 0°3,675 m15.6 mi
Leidy PeakN 9°3,667 m15.6 mi
MesaNNW 338°3,358 m10.8 mi
Paradise PeakNNW 335°3,296 m9.5 mi
Goose Egg PeakNW 306°3,258 m14.5 mi
Trout Creek PeakNNE 28°3,200 m18.9 mi
Flat Top MountainWNW 285°3,195 m20.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5619:32
June solstice05:5020:1320:54
September equinox07:0818:4219:18
December solstice07:4016:1316:56

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232838455464727060483423
Precip in0.90.91.21.21.60.90.91.21.71.50.80.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maeser 9NW, 11 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs29.026.527.948.027037917912093.068.244.133.8

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Whiterocks River Near Whiterocks, UT, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Alfalfa1 obs
  • spotted Joe-Pye weed1 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/11171012800

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