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North Queens Crown Springs

North Queens Crown Springs, seen from above at true elevation

North Queens Crown Springs is a spring in Idaho, at a modelled elevation of 1,598 m. Pion Peak stands 3,275 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Strode Spring, a spring 0.7 miles away. Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.30296, -113.98357

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 13
  • O'Donnell Park: 17.6 mi
  • Bellevue City Park: 17.8 mi
  • Keefer Park: 20.6 mi
  • Kiwanis Park: 20.7 mi
  • BCRD Quigley Trails Park: 21.5 mi
Springs: 4
  • Strode Spring: 0.7 mi
  • Wurst Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Martin Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Clay Bank Spring: 20.0 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Shoshone Ice Caves: 16.8 mi
  • Snowdrift Crater: 21.8 mi
  • Lava Trees: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Timmerman Rest Area: 15.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Timmerman Rest Area: 15.1 mi
Beaches: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of North Queens Crown Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pion PeakNNE 18°3,274.771 m23.0 mi
Scorpion MountainNNE 12°3,170 m23.3 mi
Blizzard MountainNE 49°2,838.602 m20.8 mi
Garfield MountainN 1°2,617 m21.0 mi
Swede PeakN 359°2,589 m23.3 mi
Vue MountainNNW 329°2,581.046 m17.6 mi
Patterson PeakNW 323°2,535 m19.9 mi
Elk MountainN 358°2,466 m17.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1119:48
June solstice05:5720:3721:20
September equinox07:2418:5719:35
December solstice08:0616:1717:04

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192333415158676557443121
Precip in1.81.11.51.11.40.90.30.20.61.11.01.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Picabo, 4 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs25.440.396.730141336724214772.841.026.724.4

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Little Wood River NR Carey ID, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Longspur Lupine3 obs
  • western stoneseed2 obs
  • California Quail1 obs
  • Long-eared Owl1 obs
  • White-tailed Jackrabbit1 obs
  • Bitterroot1 obs
  • Scarlet Gilia1 obs
  • chokecherry1 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/6000026245

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