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Snow Shoe Spring

Snow Shoe Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Snow Shoe Spring is a spring in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 2,817 m. Escudilla Mountain stands 3,326 m to the north-northeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Spring, a spring 0.6 miles away. Coronado Trail Scenic Byway passes 0.8 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates33.82170, -109.17456

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Peaks
Cliffs: 8
Parks: 2
Museums: 2
  • Butterfly Lodge Museum: 20.9 mi
  • Casa Malpais Archaeological Park & Museum: 22.3 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Madonna of the Trail: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Public Viewing Area: 22.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Chitty Falls: 23.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Snow Shoe Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Escudilla MountainNNE 16°3,326 m9.7 mi
Escudilla LookoutNNE 19°3,315 m9.2 mi
Wahl KnollNW 315°2,967 m16.6 mi
Pat KnollNW 319°2,929 m13.2 mi
Noble MountainN 349°2,919 m5.4 mi
Rudd KnollNW 315°2,918 m15.5 mi
South MountainNE 51°2,899 m0.6 mi
Pat KnollNW 322°2,891 m13.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2117:5618:29
June solstice05:0718:5519:31
September equinox06:0617:4218:15
December solstice07:1916:3417:13

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313338435058636156473831
Precip in1.31.10.90.50.70.83.94.32.31.61.21.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alpine, 3 mi away.

  • Western Terrestrial Garter Snake4 obs
  • quaking aspen4 obs
  • Western Honey Bee3 obs
  • Mule Deer2 obs
  • white clover2 obs
  • hemlock varnish shelf2 obs
  • pinewoods geranium2 obs
  • Sulcate Sunhead2 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/2006093161

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