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Sadlerochit Spring

Sadlerochit Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Sadlerochit Spring is a spring in Alaska, at a recorded elevation of 283 m. Mount Michelson stands 2,699 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Weller, a peak 12 miles away. 5 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
283 m

How to reach it

Coordinates69.65698, -144.40059

5 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 5
  • Mount Weller: 11.9 mi
  • Kikiktat Mountain: 16.8 mi
  • Okiotak Peak: 23.8 mi
  • Marie Mountain: 24.0 mi
  • Mount Michelson: 24.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MichelsonS 172°2,699 m24.4 mi
Kikiktat MountainSSW 199°1,712 m16.8 mi
Okiotak PeakSW 229°1,651 m23.8 mi
Mount WellerW 263°1,435 m11.9 mi
Marie MountainSE 138°1,234 m24.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3718:3519:55
June solsticeMidnight sun——
September equinox07:1918:2419:43
December solsticePolar night——

Local time (America/Anchorage).

Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Aug — fullest in Jul, leanest in Feb.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs0.10.00.01.15841,9592,1971,47953962.611.21.5

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Hulahula R NR Kaktovik AK, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • balsam poplar1 obs
  • Arctic Ground Squirrel1 obs
  • Moose1 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/12300136325

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