Ranger Spring
Ranger Spring is a spring in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,248 m. Benchmark Mountain stands 1,777 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Rackensack Spring, a spring 0.5 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Rackensack Spring: 0.5 mi
- Arrastra Spring: 0.5 mi
- Blackberry Spring: 0.9 mi
- Gold Hill Spring: 1.0 mi
- Head of Rackensack Springs: 1.0 mi
- Gold Hill: 0.8 mi
- Butte Peak: 0.9 mi
- Apache Peak: 1.2 mi
- Bronco Butte: 1.7 mi
- Continental Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Bronco Trailhead: 2.9 mi
- Gilbert Park: 6.3 mi
- Gateway Desert Awareness Park: 6.6 mi
- Carefree Desert Gardens: 6.8 mi
- Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area: 7.0 mi
- Spur Cross Stables: 6.2 mi
- Brown's Ranch Interpretive Trail: 8.2 mi
- Balanced Rock: 8.6 mi
- Bunny Rock: 9.4 mi
- Archeology Notification: 11.6 mi
- Carefree Galloway Wash Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Jewel of the Creek Preserve: 6.6 mi
- Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area: 6.6 mi
- Coroline Bartol Preserve: 7.0 mi
- Black Mountain Summit Preserve: 7.9 mi
- Seven Springs: 4.4 mi
- S B Cove: 12.6 mi
- S B Cove: 13.2 mi
- Needle Rock Picnic: 13.6 mi
- Palo Verde Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
- Corral: 5.9 mi
- Anthem Veterans Memorial: 16.9 mi
- Foundation: 17.5 mi
- Frank Lloyd Wright Spire: 18.6 mi
- iron statue: 19.5 mi
- Cave Creek Museum: 7.6 mi
- Penske Racing Museum: 17.7 mi
- Mercantile: 18.2 mi
- Pioneer Arizona History Museum: 18.3 mi
- River Of Time Museum: 21.6 mi
- West Point: 12.3 mi
- Sven Slab: 14.6 mi
- Morrells Wall: 14.9 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 15.1 mi
- The White Bluffs: 16.4 mi
- Mountains and Rainbows: 17.4 mi
- Impulsion: 18.4 mi
- Our Lady of Lourdes & Saint Bernadette Grotto: 19.1 mi
- Mountain Pass Pedestrian Bridge: 21.2 mi
- Mountain Pass Pedestrian Bridge: 21.2 mi
- Desert Defenders Native Seed Garden: 11.2 mi
- Xeric Garden: 11.3 mi
- Garden: 18.3 mi
- The Potted Plant Inc.: 18.9 mi
- Fountain Hills Community Garden: 21.7 mi
- Wranglers Roost: 15.4 mi
- Gillett: 20.1 mi
- Camp Creek Falls: 2.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Ranger Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benchmark Mountain | NW 323° | 1,777 m | 13.6 mi |
| East Cedar Mountain | NNE 13° | 1,661 m | 14.4 mi |
| Blackjack Point | N 350° | 1,634 m | 10.5 mi |
| Rover Peak | N 4° | 1,590 m | 8.5 mi |
| Humboldt Mountain | NNE 25° | 1,566 m | 6.4 mi |
| Kentuck Mountain | ENE 73° | 1,527 m | 3.7 mi |
| Monument Mountain | NNW 340° | 1,519 m | 8.6 mi |
| Willow Spring Mountain | NE 36° | 1,507 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:39 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| September equinox | 06:16 | 17:53 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:45 | 17:23 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 53 | 56 | 61 | 67 | 76 | 85 | 90 | 89 | 84 | 73 | 62 | 53 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carefree, 7 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Mar — fullest in Jan, leanest in Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 20.9 | 14.5 | 11.8 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 6.3 |
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.
- Sonoran scrub oak55 obs
- Variable Checkerspot46 obs
- redberry juniper45 obs
- sugar bush43 obs
- Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus42 obs
- netleaf hackberry38 obs
- desert penstemon38 obs
- California Patch33 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/2006092473
Day trips start here
- Fountain Hills · 21 mi
- Scottsdale · 28 mi
- Phoenix · 30 mi
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