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Slide Spring

Slide Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Slide Spring is a spring in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 1,862 m. Eagle Peak stands 3,016 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Cottonwood Spring, a spring 0.6 miles away. Barrel Springs Back Country Byway passes 3.4 miles off. 91 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
1862 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.52973, -119.94514

91 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 48
Peaks: 36
  • Fortynine Mountain: 1.6 mi
  • Big Hat Mountain: 5.0 mi
  • Metzker Peak: 7.3 mi
  • Black Hills: 10.8 mi
  • Little Hat Mountain: 11.0 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Fortynine Camp: 5.0 mi
  • Vya: 6.1 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Modoc Natural Bridge: 21.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Mill Creek Falls: 24.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eagle PeakSW 218°3,016 m21.6 mi
Warren PeakSW 234°2,950 m17.7 mi
Dusenbury PeakSW 225°2,768 m18.0 mi
Emerson PeakSSW 210°2,724 m23.2 mi
Cole PeakSSW 214°2,723 m20.9 mi
Milk PeakWSW 242°2,623 m16.1 mi
Horse MountainSSW 205°2,588 m23.7 mi
Bearcamp MountainSSW 209°2,576 m24.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:2719:5620:38
September equinox06:4818:2218:59
December solstice07:2415:4916:34

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333641465564737163513931
Precip in1.71.21.51.41.30.70.20.20.30.91.62.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cedarville, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13851912656

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