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Spring Creek Spring

Spring Creek Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Spring Creek Spring is a spring in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 2,119 m. Marsh Peak stands 3,718 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Flaming Gorge-Uintas Scenic Byway passes 3.7 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates40.59515, -109.56365

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Lind Spring: 4.5 mi
  • June Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Colton Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Middle Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Beck Spring: 6.0 mi
Peaks: 35
  • Red Mountain: 0.5 mi
  • Little Mountain: 8.1 mi
  • Little Brush Creek Knob: 8.8 mi
  • Taylor Mountain: 9.6 mi
  • Frenches Peak: 9.8 mi
Parks: 25
  • Steinaker State Park: 5.7 mi
  • Remember the Maine Park: 5.7 mi
  • Shindy Hollow Picnic Site: 7.5 mi
  • Freestone Legacy Park: 9.3 mi
  • Ashley Valley Community Park: 9.3 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Moonshine arch: 2.9 mi
  • Dinosaur Trackway: 6.6 mi
  • Split Mountain Anticline: 17.4 mi
  • Stump Formation: 17.5 mi
  • Morrison Formation: 17.5 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • Rex: 9.7 mi
  • Veteran Memorial: 9.8 mi
  • Uintah "U": 11.0 mi
  • Firefighters Memorial: 21.4 mi
Cliffs: 3
Museums: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • Moose Ponds Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
  • Split Mountain Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
  • Josie Morris Cabin Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
Gardens: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Dinah The Pink Dinosaur: 10.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Marsh PeakWNW 300°3,718 m16.0 mi
Mount UntermannNW 306°3,675 m20.5 mi
Leidy PeakNW 310°3,667 m18.5 mi
MesaWNW 288°3,358 m21.6 mi
Paradise PeakWNW 284°3,296 m21.2 mi
Trout Creek PeakNNW 330°3,200 m15.3 mi
Sims PeakNW 313°3,141 m12.2 mi
Dyer MountainN 357°3,116 m9.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5519:31
June solstice05:4820:1220:53
September equinox07:0718:4119:17
December solstice07:3916:1116:55

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232838455464727060483423
Precip in0.90.91.21.21.60.90.91.21.71.50.80.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maeser 9NW, 6 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs22.520.019.648.533330312078.961.849.136.227.0

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Ashley Creek Near Vernal, UT, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Wildlife nearby
  • Longleaf Phlox4 obs
  • Scarlet Gilia2 obs
  • Granite Prickly Phlox2 obs
  • thick-stem wild cabbage2 obs
  • Mountain Pepperweed2 obs
  • Dusky Grouse1 obs
  • Turkey Vulture1 obs
  • Boreal Chorus Frog1 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/9674371222

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