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Otter Spring

Otter Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Otter Spring is a spring in Idaho, at a modelled elevation of 1,872 m. Merritt Mountain stands 2,672 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Otter Buttes, a peak 1.7 miles away. 74 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.

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Coordinates42.14895, -116.04631
Around it

74 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 54
Springs: 12
  • Chicken Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Teds Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Willis Meadow: 13.5 mi
  • Willis Meadow: 13.5 mi
  • Hillside Spring: 14.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • Wickahoney Post Office and Stage Station: 21.5 mi
Beaches: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Jarbidge Falls: 24.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Merritt MountainSSE 151°2,672 m22.0 mi
Hicks MountainSE 142°2,491 m18.6 mi
Fly HeadS 187°2,432 m24.9 mi
Copper MountainSE 145°2,406 m17.9 mi
Ungina WongoS 188°2,379 m22.2 mi
Alder MountainSE 138°2,336 m16.4 mi
Wonga DouyaS 179°2,291 m21.5 mi
Enright HillSE 145°2,291 m21.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4220:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:3116:16

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Wildlife nearby
  • Greater Sage-Grouse2 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/10048067067

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