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Rincon Spring

Rincon Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Rincon Spring is a spring in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,702 m. Pueblo Mountain stands 2,631 m to the east-southeast, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Bronco Spring, a spring 1.3 miles away. High Desert Discovery passes 8.9 miles off. 78 named places lie within 25 miles, 40 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.15594, -118.76748

78 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 40
Springs: 27
Historic sites: 2
  • Roux Place: 3.6 mi
  • Starr Homestead: 4.8 mi
Hot springs: 2
  • Warm Springs: 15.5 mi
  • Bog Hot Springs: 16.1 mi
Cliffs: 2
Attractions: 1
  • Borax Hot Springs: 14.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rincon Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pueblo MountainESE 123°2,631 m7.2 mi
Mahogany MountainSSE 166°2,404 m24.5 mi
Catlow PeakESE 110°2,326 m24.6 mi
Granite MountainESE 124°2,302 m22.0 mi
Granite MountainSE 142°2,234 m23.8 mi
Hawks MountainWSW 247°2,204.923 m15.6 mi
Alvord PeakNNE 14°2,173.83 m13.6 mi
The PeaksNNE 12°2,137 m16.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2019:5320:35
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:2115:4216:27

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313542475663747263513830

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fields, 9 mi away.

  • Long-nosed Leopard Lizard3 obs
  • Desert Collared Lizard2 obs
  • dotted onion2 obs
  • Chukar1 obs
  • Great Basin Spadefoot1 obs
  • White-lined Sphinx1 obs
  • Common Desert Centipede1 obs
  • Desert Yellow Fleabane1 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/11987098758

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