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Nevada Hot Spring

Nevada Hot Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Nevada Hot Spring is a spring in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 603 m. Mount Wilson stands 1,663 m to the east, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Slot Canyons, a attraction 1.2 miles away. Bitter Springs Back Country Byway passes 21 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.00053, -114.69553

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Slot Canyons: 1.2 mi
  • Liberty Bell Arch: 2.4 mi
  • Boneyard of Hoover Dam: 3.2 mi
  • (unknown object): 8.5 mi
  • Willow Beach Scenic Overlook: 9.2 mi
Parks
  • Hemenway Valley Park: 7.6 mi
  • Celebration Park: 7.8 mi
  • Wilbur Square: 7.9 mi
  • Xeriscape Park: 9.1 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial Park: 9.1 mi
Historic sites: 18
Springs: 13
Cliffs: 11
Artworks: 10
Hot springs: 8
  • Lost Man Hot Spring: 2.8 mi
  • Two Mile Hot Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Hot Springs: 3.2 mi
  • Hot Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Arizona Hot Springs: 3.2 mi
Gardens: 8
Ghost towns: 4
Beaches: 3
Museums: 3
  • Boulder City-Hoover Dam Museum: 8.0 mi
  • Tom Devlin's Monster Museum: 8.9 mi
  • Clark County Museum: 14.0 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WilsonE 93°1,663 m4.7 mi
Muddy PeakN 0°1,590 m20.6 mi
Senator MountainESE 118°1,562 m24.0 mi
Black MountainWSW 256°1,552.05 m20.1 mi
Peak 5058WSW 251°1,541.7 m20.6 mi
Peak 4928WSW 254°1,502.06 m20.4 mi
Knob HillSSW 200°1,348 m24.9 mi
Arden PeakW 259°1,322.23 m19.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4318:1718:51
June solstice05:2319:2120:00
September equinox06:2718:0318:37
December solstice07:4616:4917:29

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–May, Oct–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505562707990969385725950
Precip in0.80.91.00.30.20.10.60.50.40.50.40.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alan Bible Visitor CTR, 6 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs11,54912,16814,80216,27616,34615,69315,21514,34312,56211,04711,37211,148

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Colorado RV Blw Hoover Dam, Az-nv, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Creosote Bush32 obs
  • Brittlebush28 obs
  • Beavertail Pricklypear22 obs
  • desert rock nettle22 obs
  • rush milkweed17 obs
  • Sweetbush12 obs
  • desert tobacco12 obs
  • Catclaw Acacia12 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/2006091526

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