Rock Spring
Rock Spring is a spring in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 2,510 m. Thurston Peak stands 2,954 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Hoodoo Knoll, a peak 1.0 miles away. Morgan-Parleys State Scenic Byway passes 8.8 miles off.
How to reach it
- 8.8 mi off the Morgan-Parleys State Scenic Byway
- 9.1 mi off the Ogden River Scenic Byway
- 20.4 mi off the Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Mount McKinnon Viewpoint · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hoodoo Knoll: 1.0 mi
- Goat Knoll: 1.6 mi
- Bybee Knoll: 2.4 mi
- Bolly Knob: 3.1 mi
- The Head: 4.4 mi
- Cold Spring: 1.0 mi
- Willow Spring: 1.3 mi
- Durst Spring: 3.3 mi
- Sulpher Springs: 6.2 mi
- Sulpher Springs: 6.2 mi
- Croydon City Park: 7.0 mi
- Round Valley Wildlife Management Area: 7.1 mi
- Wilkinson Complex: 9.1 mi
- Riverside Park: 9.3 mi
- Lost Creek Reservoir State Park: 9.5 mi
- The Utah War: 11.9 mi
- Porterville: 13.0 mi
- 80 miles to Fort Bridger: 14.0 mi
- Echo Church: 14.3 mi
- Pony Express: 14.7 mi
- Elizabeth Dee Shaw Stewart Museum: 19.3 mi
- City of Farmington Museum: 19.8 mi
- Town Hall: 19.9 mi
- Gun Collection: 19.9 mi
- Token, Currency & Silver Collection: 19.9 mi
- Paper Airplane: 17.7 mi
- Wildcat Statue: 18.9 mi
- Music Scuplture: 19.0 mi
- Louis Frederick Moench Statue: 19.0 mi
- Metal Mulley: 19.1 mi
- Spring Creek Day Use Area: 12.6 mi
- Moose Hollow Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- Fernwood Recreation Site: 17.3 mi
- Doug Shaw Memorial Bowery: 19.0 mi
- Village Green: 19.9 mi
- Snow Horse: 15.5 mi
- The W: 18.3 mi
- Coalville Ledge: 18.7 mi
- Carousel: 20.0 mi
- Wild Mouse: 20.0 mi
- Emory: 16.3 mi
- Grass Creek: 18.0 mi
- Castle Rock: 20.0 mi
- La Plata: 20.6 mi
- Castle Rock: 20.7 mi
- Anderson Cove Beach: 12.4 mi
- Pelican Beach: 13.0 mi
- Middle Inlet Beach: 13.3 mi
- Cemetery Point Beach: 13.6 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 14.6 mi
- China Town: 11.2 mi
- Witch Rocks: 12.9 mi
- Ninth Street Crag: 19.4 mi
- The Narrows: 20.7 mi
- Mountain Green Rest Area, I-84 Westbound: 11.2 mi
- Weber Canyon Rest Area, I-84 Eastbound: 13.8 mi
- Echo Canyon Rest Area Westbound: 14.7 mi
- Echo Canyon Rest Area Eastbound: 14.8 mi
- East Canyon Wildlife Management Area: 12.4 mi
- East Canyon Wildlife Management Area: 14.6 mi
- Cinnamon Creek WMA: 20.5 mi
- Legacy Nature Reserve: 22.4 mi
- Ogden Botanical Gardens: 20.0 mi
- Asian Garden: 20.0 mi
- Rasmussen Teaching Garden: 20.7 mi
- Bountiful Temple Underground Garden: 23.2 mi
- Adams Canyon Waterfall: 16.8 mi
- Adams Canyon Lower Falls: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Rock Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thurston Peak | WSW 250° | 2,954 m | 14.8 mi |
| Mount Ogden | WNW 281° | 2,917 m | 15.8 mi |
| Francis Peak | WSW 238° | 2,904 m | 15.7 mi |
| Snow Horse Ridge | WSW 245° | 2,893 m | 15.2 mi |
| Allen Peak | WNW 282° | 2,885 m | 16.0 mi |
| James Peak | NNW 326° | 2,869 m | 19.6 mi |
| De Moisy Peak | W 279° | 2,847 m | 15.2 mi |
| Lewis Peak | SSE 165° | 2,837 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:02 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:22 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 16:17 | 17:01 |
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 | 23 | 28 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 68 | 59 | 47 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Huntsville Monastery, 9 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 17.6 | 21.6 | 35.7 | 137 | 293 | 65.8 | 20.8 | 15.3 | 14.0 | 14.8 | 21.3 | 17.4 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Lost Creek AT Devils Slide, Utah, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Pale Snaketail1 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/3643735455
Day trips start here
- Ogden · 20 mi
- Wasatch Range · 25 mi
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