Red Pine Spring
Red Pine Spring is a spring in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 2,256 m. Mount Emmons stands 4,090 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Sand Point Spring, a spring 0.2 miles away. Flaming Gorge-Uintas Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 20.6 mi off the Flaming Gorge-Uintas Scenic Byway, National
- 18.8 mi off the Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pullout · 23 mi
- Sheep Creek Bay Overlook Interpretive Area · 26 mi
- Sheep Creek Overlook · 26 mi
- Lookout Sheep Creek · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sand Point Spring: 0.2 mi
- Bench Spring: 0.7 mi
- Upper Big Tom Hollow Spring: 1.2 mi
- Lower Big Tom Hollow Springs: 1.4 mi
- Lower Big Tom Hollow Springs: 1.4 mi
- Whiterocks: 0.7 mi
- Mosby Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Ice Cave Peak: 2.3 mi
- Middle Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Jay Point: 5.7 mi
- Fort Robidoux Historical Monument: 8.0 mi
- Tridell Park: 9.1 mi
- Shindy Hollow Picnic Site: 13.1 mi
- Lapoint Park: 13.5 mi
- Remember the Maine Park: 17.3 mi
- Chalk Cliffs: 3.7 mi
- Rock Point: 19.2 mi
- Skinwalker Ridge: 21.7 mi
- Skinwalker Ridge: 21.7 mi
- Skinwalker Ridge: 21.8 mi
- Uintah "U": 18.9 mi
- Northern Ute Veterans Memorial: 19.0 mi
- Rex: 21.3 mi
- Veteran Memorial: 22.1 mi
- Ute Ponds Day Use Area Fishing Site: 11.2 mi
- Moose Ponds Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
- Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum: 21.6 mi
- Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum: 22.4 mi
- Cedarview: 16.2 mi
- Moonshine arch: 19.5 mi
- VBC Garden: 22.5 mi
- Dinah The Pink Dinosaur: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Pine Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Emmons | WNW 295° | 4,090 m | 22.3 mi |
| South Burro Peak | NW 322° | 3,873 m | 22.6 mi |
| North Burro Peak | NW 324° | 3,860 m | 23.0 mi |
| Mount Davis | NW 318° | 3,793 m | 23.5 mi |
| Marsh Peak | NNE 26° | 3,718 m | 10.5 mi |
| Mount Untermann | N 8° | 3,675 m | 13.7 mi |
| Leidy Peak | NNE 18° | 3,667 m | 14.1 mi |
| Thompson Peak | NW 326° | 3,589 m | 24.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:13 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:13 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 26 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 68 | 59 | 46 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Neola, 13 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, 2 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Scarlet Gilia2 obs
- Large Marble2 obs
- Hoary Elfin2 obs
- American Badger1 obs
- common dandelion1 obs
- star-flowered lily-of-the-valley1 obs
- hookedspur violet1 obs
- Dreamy Duskywing1 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/11171012810
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