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Orange Spring Mound

Orange Spring Mound, seen from above at true elevation

Orange Spring Mound is a spring in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 2,058 m. Electric Peak stands 3,341 m to the west-northwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Cupid Spring, a spring 0.4 miles away.

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.96648, -110.71491
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 56
  • Cupid Spring: 0.4 mi
  • New Blue Spring: 0.4 mi
  • Dryad Springs: 0.4 mi
  • Canary Spring: 0.5 mi
  • Palette Spring: 0.6 mi
Picnic sites: 22
  • Mammoth Picnic Area: 0.8 mi
  • Albright Picnic Area: 1.0 mi
  • 45th Parallel Picnic Area: 2.1 mi
  • Arch Park Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
  • Lava Creek Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
Attractions: 15
Waterfalls: 13
Cliffs: 8
Hot springs: 8
  • Bijah Springs: 14.2 mi
  • Roadside Spring West (MNCNN030): 14.7 mi
  • Roadside Spring East (MNCNN031): 14.7 mi
  • Frying Pan Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Frying Pan Bowl: 14.8 mi
Parks: 6
  • Arch Park: 4.4 mi
  • Willow Park: 7.0 mi
  • Gallatin Game Preserve: 22.1 mi
  • Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Historical Marker: 23.5 mi
  • Cabin Creek Wildlife Management Area: 23.8 mi
Museums: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Orange Spring Mound. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Electric PeakWNW 294°3,341 m6.6 mi
Sheep MountainN 4°3,189 m10.1 mi
Joseph PeakW 266°3,176 m8.3 mi
Monitor PeakNNE 15°3,168 m14.0 mi
Mount HolmesSW 214°3,149 m12.3 mi
Gray PeakW 259°3,139 m8.3 mi
Bannock PeakSW 236°3,137 m9.3 mi
Ash MountainNE 41°3,116 m12.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2718:5719:35
June solstice05:3720:2921:14
September equinox07:1118:4319:22
December solstice07:5915:5616:45

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222331384756656354412921
Precip in0.90.81.11.41.81.91.31.11.21.31.10.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yellowstone Park Mammoth, 1 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs23.623.223.324.427.227.325.424.524.224.323.723.4

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Boiling River at Mammoth,ynp, 2 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

In the park

Inside the official boundary of Yellowstone National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Nov and Mar; busiest: Jul.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

Wildlife nearby
  • Wapiti1,173 obs
  • Killdeer442 obs
  • Black-billed Magpie360 obs
  • Mountain Bluebird240 obs
  • Uinta Ground Squirrel191 obs
  • Gopher Snake167 obs
  • American Bison135 obs
  • Balkan toadflax134 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/4416238274

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