Neck Spring
Neck Spring is a spring in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,757 m. Elaterite Butte stands 1,980 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Cabin Spring, a spring 0.8 miles away. Dead Horse Point Mesa Scenic Byway passes 1.0 miles off.
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Dead Horse Point Mesa Scenic Byway
- 10.8 mi off the Potash-Lower Colorado River Scenic Byway
- 15.8 mi off the Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway, National
- 17.4 mi off the Upper Colorado River Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Shafer Canyon Overlook · 1 mi
- Shafer Canyon Overlook · 5 mi
- Meander Overlook · 5 mi
- Dead Horse Point · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Musselman Arch: 3.0 mi
- Washer Woman: 3.6 mi
- Mesa Arch: 4.3 mi
- Balanced Rock: 8.8 mi
- Fruit Bowl Highline Area: 9.2 mi
- Airport Tower: 3.5 mi
- Monster Tower: 3.7 mi
- Aztec Butte: 4.1 mi
- Whitbeck Rock: 4.5 mi
- Dead Horse Point: 5.0 mi
- Cabin Spring: 0.8 mi
- Alcove Spring: 4.6 mi
- Willow Seep: 4.6 mi
- Holeman Spring: 6.0 mi
- Horsethief Spring: 7.9 mi
- Black Crack: 8.5 mi
- Black Crack: 8.5 mi
- Black Crack: 8.6 mi
- White Rim: 10.0 mi
- Sweet Spot: 10.4 mi
- Moab BMX Park: 16.9 mi
- Bullick Cross Creek Park: 17.1 mi
- Moab Pocket Park: 17.3 mi
- Robin Groff Memorial Park: 17.4 mi
- Swanny City Park: 17.4 mi
- False Kiva: 5.4 mi
- Fort Bottom Ruin: 11.4 mi
- Denis Julien Inscription: 12.0 mi
- Farmstead History: 16.9 mi
- Halfway Stage House - Old Stage Coach Station: 19.5 mi
- Trigon Arch: 11.1 mi
- Window Arch: 15.4 mi
- Arch: 16.9 mi
- Hey Joe Arch: 18.2 mi
- Tenmile Point Arch: 21.6 mi
- Animal sculptures: 16.4 mi
- Moab Music Festival: 17.3 mi
- Get Your Mind Rolling: 17.4 mi
- Utah Burr: 17.4 mi
- Moab Mural: 17.5 mi
- Lower Jump: 17.2 mi
- Indian Creek Fall: 17.7 mi
- Mille Creek Falls (Left Hand): 19.3 mi
- Medieval Chamber: 20.0 mi
- Faux Falls: 22.5 mi
- Moab Giants: 17.4 mi
- Moab Museum: 17.5 mi
- Interactive Track Museum: 17.5 mi
- White Rim Overlook Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
- Picnic Shelter: 22.7 mi
- Scott Matheson Wetlands Preserve: 16.4 mi
- Kane Springs Rest Area: 20.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Neck Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elaterite Butte | SW 217° | 1,980 m | 19.3 mi |
| Horsehead Rock | SE 141° | 1,978 m | 15.7 mi |
| Junction Butte | SSW 194° | 1,947 m | 11.0 mi |
| Cleopatras Chair | SW 235° | 1,938 m | 16.8 mi |
| The Knoll | NNE 15° | 1,920 m | 8.0 mi |
| Aztec Butte | SW 221° | 1,918 m | 4.1 mi |
| Clyde Point | WSW 257° | 1,887 m | 16.1 mi |
| Whitbeck Rock | N 358° | 1,880 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:08 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:21 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 35 | 45 | 51 | 61 | 73 | 79 | 77 | 68 | 54 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canyonlands-the Neck, 1 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Jan.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 2,741 | 2,763 | 3,184 | 4,942 | 11,776 | 14,104 | 6,048 | 3,626 | 3,280 | 3,802 | 3,340 | 2,883 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Colorado River AT Potash, UT, 10 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Inside the official boundary of Canyonlands National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: May.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
- Colorado Pinyon62 obs
- Common Raven47 obs
- Woolly Locoweed43 obs
- Plains Pricklypear33 obs
- Western Whiptail32 obs
- Blackbrush31 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard30 obs
- Utah Juniper30 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/3506043782
Day trips start here
- Canyonlands National Park · 19 mi
- Arches National Park · 23 mi
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