Skull Spring
Skull Spring is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 2,068 m. McAfee Peak stands 3,183 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Double Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. 65 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.
How to reach it
65 named places within 25 miles
- Double Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Wild Horse Mountain: 7.3 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 9.8 mi
- Mason Mountain: 10.9 mi
- Stag Mountain: 12.1 mi
- Double Mountain Spring: 1.6 mi
- Rodeo Spring: 2.7 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 2.9 mi
- Chicken Creek Springs: 3.5 mi
- Dip Spring: 3.6 mi
- North Fork: 7.8 mi
- Charleston: 19.1 mi
- Gold Creek: 19.4 mi
- Jack Creek: 21.9 mi
- Dinner Station: 24.4 mi
- Lost Wallet Rim: 8.1 mi
- Wild Horse State Recreation Area: 17.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Skull Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| McAfee Peak | WNW 294° | 3,183 m | 16.3 mi |
| Jacks Peak | WNW 299° | 3,112 m | 18.5 mi |
| Jacks Peak | WNW 284° | 3,064 m | 17.1 mi |
| Silver Mountain | NNE 21° | 2,762 m | 24.2 mi |
| Wheeler Mountain | WSW 243° | 2,750 m | 20.0 mi |
| Rocky Bluff | NW 309° | 2,693 m | 19.2 mi |
| Red Mountain | NW 312° | 2,650 m | 20.5 mi |
| Pine Mountain | N 9° | 2,632 m | 24.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:39 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:32 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 22 | 31 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 63 | 61 | 52 | 41 | 30 | 20 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wild Horse Rsvr, 16 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Feb–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 2.6 | 10.5 | 31.9 | 45.1 | 22.1 | 7.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Beaver CK Abv Conf N FK Humboldt RV NR Halleck, NV, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- arrowleaf balsamroot1 obs
- spotted fritillary1 obs
- clasping pepperweed1 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/11005964112
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