- Elevation, modelled
- 2,424 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Mount Emmons4,090 m · 24.5 mi
- Nearest byway
- Flaming Gorge-Uintas Scenic Byway18.8 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:54local time
- Coordinates
- 40.5532, -109.8847
Rat Spring is a spring in Utah, at a modelled 2,424 m. Mount Emmons stands 4,090 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Birch Spring, a spring 0.2 miles away. Flaming Gorge-Uintas Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rat Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Emmons | WNW 297° | 4,090 m | 24.5 mi |
| South Burro Peak | NW 321° | 3,873 m | 24.8 mi |
| Marsh Peak | NNE 15° | 3,718 m | 11.3 mi |
| Mount Untermann | N 1° | 3,675 m | 15.1 mi |
| Leidy Peak | N 10° | 3,667 m | 15.1 mi |
| Mesa | NNW 339° | 3,358 m | 10.2 mi |
| Paradise Peak | NNW 335° | 3,296 m | 8.9 mi |
| Goose Egg Peak | NW 305° | 3,258 m | 14.0 mi |
- 18.8 mi off the Flaming Gorge-Uintas Scenic BywayNational
- 17.3 mi off the Dinosaur Diamond Scenic BywayNational
Overlooks nearby
- Pullout · 22 mi
- Sheep Creek Bay Overlook Interpretive Area · 26 mi
- Sheep Creek Overlook · 26 mi
- Lookout Sheep Creek · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Birch Spring: 0.2 mi
- Guch Spring: 0.2 mi
- Murray Spring: 0.6 mi
- Lower Big Tom Hollow Springs: 0.9 mi
- Lower Big Tom Hollow Springs: 0.9 mi
- Whiterocks: 2.5 mi
- Ice Cave Peak: 4.0 mi
- Mosby Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Little Water Hills: 4.9 mi
- Lake Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Fort Robidoux Historical Monument: 6.8 mi
- Tridell Park: 7.1 mi
- Shindy Hollow Picnic Site: 11.2 mi
- Lapoint Park: 11.4 mi
- Remember the Maine Park: 15.3 mi
- Chalk Cliffs: 2.4 mi
- Rock Point: 17.1 mi
- Skinwalker Ridge: 20.2 mi
- Skinwalker Ridge: 20.2 mi
- Skinwalker Ridge: 20.3 mi
- Uintah "U": 16.7 mi
- Northern Ute Veterans Memorial: 17.4 mi
- Rex: 19.2 mi
- Veteran Memorial: 20.0 mi
- Ute Ponds Day Use Area Fishing Site: 13.2 mi
- Moose Ponds Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
- Moonshine arch: 17.8 mi
- Dinosaur Trackway: 23.5 mi
- Cedarview: 15.7 mi
- VBC Garden: 20.4 mi
- Dinah The Pink Dinosaur: 20.7 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:13 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:13 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 28 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 64 | 72 | 70 | 60 | 48 | 34 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maeser 9NW, 12 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Aug — fullest in Jun, leanest in Feb.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 29.0 | 26.5 | 27.9 | 48.0 | 270 | 379 | 179 | 120 | 93.0 | 68.2 | 44.1 | 33.8 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Whiterocks River Near Whiterocks, UT, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
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