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Shanley Spring

Shanley Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Shanley Spring is a spring in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 902 m. Mount Dellenbaugh stands 2,132 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Kelly Point, a cliff 7.1 miles away. 81 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.

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Coordinates35.88064, -113.35748
Around it

81 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 44
  • Amos Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Hockey Puck Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Pocomate Springs: 11.7 mi
  • Pocomate Springs: 11.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 11.7 mi
Cliffs: 19
Peaks: 14
  • Blue Mountain: 7.6 mi
  • Diamond Peak: 7.8 mi
  • Price Point: 8.2 mi
  • Thumb: 11.1 mi
  • Mollies Nipple: 14.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Attractions: 1
  • Twenty Pine Burn: 19.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DellenbaughNNW 327°2,132 m18.8 mi
Prospect PointENE 72°2,098 m14.1 mi
Yellow John MountainNNW 341°2,056 m19.9 mi
Blue MountainNW 308°2,002 m7.6 mi
Castle PeakNNW 331°1,989 m24.1 mi
Price PointNNW 333°1,941 m8.2 mi
Blue MountainSSE 158°1,837 m21.1 mi
Burnt Canyon PointNW 305°1,815 m22.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:1218:46
June solstice05:1819:1619:54
September equinox06:2217:5818:32
December solstice07:4116:4417:24

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs14,33613,69913,20712,67212,82714,22215,72316,12512,74811,25612,02613,399

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Colorado Rvr Abv Diamond Creek NR Peach Springs AZ, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

In the park

Inside the official boundary of Grand Canyon National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Jul.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

Wildlife nearby
  • Thistledown Velvet Ant1 obs
  • hairy rove beetle1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/2006093080

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