Red Spring
Red Spring is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,816 m. Ruby Dome stands 3,428 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is South Fork, a ghost town 5.1 miles away. Lamoille Canyon Road passes 18 miles off. 92 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 17.5 mi off the Lamoille Canyon Road
92 named places within 25 miles
- Grindstone Mountain: 10.6 mi
- Rock Springs Mountain: 10.7 mi
- Spring Canyon Mountain: 12.1 mi
- Bunker Hill: 13.1 mi
- Ravens Nest: 13.4 mi
- Crane Springs: 8.0 mi
- Reinhart Spring: 8.9 mi
- Mud Spring: 10.4 mi
- Cherry Spring: 11.0 mi
- Grindstone Spring: 11.0 mi
- Spring Creek Marina: 16.2 mi
- Southside Park: 17.2 mi
- Fir St. Pocket Park: 17.5 mi
- Angel Park: 17.6 mi
- Railroad Park: 17.7 mi
- South Fork: 5.1 mi
- Cottonwood: 6.1 mi
- Hunter: 13.8 mi
- Moleen: 14.2 mi
- Palisade: 22.2 mi
- California Trail Interpretive Center, Free Museum: 15.1 mi
- Cowboy Gear and Arts Museum: 17.6 mi
- Western Folklife Center: 17.6 mi
- Northeastern Nevada Museum: 18.3 mi
- Chilton Centennial Tower: 17.7 mi
- 9/11 World Trade Center Monument: 18.4 mi
- Caterpillar grader: 18.6 mi
- The Elko E: 16.6 mi
- The Elko E: 16.6 mi
- South Fork State Recreation Area: 5.9 mi
- Fisherman's Point: 6.3 mi
- Power House Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- Basque Sheepherder: 18.2 mi
- Kelly Ostler Rose Garden: 18.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby Dome | E 79° | 3,428 m | 16.1 mi |
| Mount Fitzgerald | E 84° | 3,418 m | 19.4 mi |
| Snow Lake Peak | E 84° | 3,394 m | 20.1 mi |
| Verdi Peak | ENE 78° | 3,375 m | 22.5 mi |
| Mount Gilbert | E 79° | 3,352 m | 17.7 mi |
| Mount Silliman | E 80° | 3,336 m | 17.1 mi |
| Lake Peak | E 93° | 3,329 m | 20.1 mi |
| King Peak | ESE 113° | 3,326 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:37 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:06 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 15:36 | 16:20 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 29 | 37 | 43 | 51 | 60 | 69 | 67 | 57 | 45 | 34 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S FK State REC Area, 7 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jun — fullest in Jun, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 25.6 | 46.7 | 84.5 | 170 | 409 | 450 | 101 | 13.5 | 6.1 | 10.3 | 16.0 | 17.9 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge S FK Humboldt RV Abv Tenmile CK NR Elko, NV, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Salad Burnet2 obs
- limestone phacelia2 obs
- Hairy Bear Scarab Beetle1 obs
- Hooker's onion1 obs
- Heartleaf Twistflower1 obs
- Humboldt Mountains milkweed1 obs
- Liometopum luctuosum1 obs
- Nevada Onion1 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/10906440553
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