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Pinchot Springs

Pinchot Springs, seen from above at true elevation

Pinchot Springs is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 2,547 m. White Mountain Peak stands 4,344 m to the south, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugarloaf, a peak 1.5 miles away. 72 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.91529, -118.29208

72 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 36
Springs: 21
Ghost towns: 9
Historic sites: 3
  • Cabin: 2.3 mi
  • Cousin Jack: 2.4 mi
  • Champion Spark Plug Mine High Camp: 20.2 mi
Parks: 2
  • Ida Lynn Parkinson Park: 12.2 mi
  • Fish Lake Valley Park: 18.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Fish Lake Valley Hot Well: 17.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
White Mountain PeakS 174°4,344 m19.5 mi
The JumpoffSSW 205°4,126 m7.8 mi
Mount DuboisSSW 197°4,126 m9.5 mi
Montgomery PeakSSW 214°4,098 m6.4 mi
Boundary PeakSW 214°4,007 m5.8 mi
Mount BarcroftS 174°3,979 m23.1 mi
Mount HogueS 183°3,884 m12.7 mi
Headley PeakS 179°3,858 m15.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3119:05
June solstice05:3219:4020:20
September equinox06:4218:1718:52
December solstice07:0615:5716:38

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323744505968757264524031
Precip in0.60.70.40.50.60.40.40.30.30.40.30.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dyer 5S, 27 mi away.

  • Mount Rose wild buckwheat9 obs
  • Mount Hood pussypaws7 obs
  • Slender Buckwheat6 obs
  • cushion buckwheat5 obs
  • Dugway Buckwheat5 obs
  • sulfur buckwheat5 obs
  • Bitterroot3 obs
  • intermountain dandelion3 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/8866562180

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