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Rackensack Spring

Rackensack Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Rackensack Spring is a spring in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,268 m. Willow Spring Mountain stands 1,792 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Arrastra Spring, a spring 0.2 miles away.

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Coordinates33.90143, -111.85295
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Peaks
Parks
  • Bronco Trailhead: 2.9 mi
  • Gateway Desert Awareness Park: 6.5 mi
  • Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area: 6.6 mi
  • Carefree Desert Gardens: 6.7 mi
  • Gilbert Park: 6.7 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Spur Cross Stables: 5.8 mi
  • Brown's Ranch Interpretive Trail: 8.4 mi
  • Balanced Rock: 8.9 mi
  • Bunny Rock: 9.6 mi
  • Archeology Notification: 11.1 mi
Nature reserves: 15
Picnic sites: 12
  • Seven Springs: 4.2 mi
  • S B Cove: 13.1 mi
  • S B Cove: 13.7 mi
  • Needle Rock Picnic: 14.0 mi
  • Palo Verde Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
Historic sites: 8
Museums: 7
Cliffs: 7
Artworks: 7
Gardens: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 1
  • Camp Creek Falls: 3.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Rackensack Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Willow Spring MountainNNW 328°1,792 m14.5 mi
Benchmark MountainNW 324°1,777 m13.2 mi
East Cedar MountainNNE 15°1,661 m14.3 mi
Blackjack PointN 353°1,634 m10.2 mi
Rover PeakN 7°1,590 m8.3 mi
Humboldt MountainNNE 30°1,566 m6.4 mi
Kentuck MountainENE 78°1,527 m4.0 mi
Monument MountainNNW 343°1,519 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3218:0618:39
June solstice05:1819:0519:42
September equinox06:1617:5318:26
December solstice07:3016:4517:23

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535661677685908984736253
Precip in1.81.61.60.50.20.11.31.31.21.00.81.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carefree, 7 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Mar — fullest in Jan, leanest in Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs20.914.511.81.80.50.21.02.52.01.52.06.3

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Cave Creek Blw Cottonwood CR Near Cave Creek, Az., 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Wildlife nearby
  • Sonoran scrub oak47 obs
  • Variable Checkerspot39 obs
  • netleaf hackberry37 obs
  • sugar bush31 obs
  • desert penstemon27 obs
  • Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus25 obs
  • redberry juniper24 obs
  • Snapdragon Vine23 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/2006092379

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