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Stanford Spring

Stanford Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Stanford Spring is a spring in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 2,597 m. Escudilla Mountain stands 3,326 m to the north-northwest, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Forth Spring, a spring 0.3 miles away. Coronado Trail Scenic Byway passes 2.8 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates33.86294, -109.09933

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Peaks
Cliffs: 5
Museums: 2
  • Casa Malpais Archaeological Park & Museum: 21.4 mi
  • Butterfly Lodge Museum: 22.8 mi
Parks: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Madonna of the Trail: 21.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Public Viewing Area: 22.0 mi
Historic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Stanford Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Escudilla MountainNNW 347°3,326 m6.7 mi
Escudilla LookoutNNW 348°3,315 m6.0 mi
Pat KnollWNW 298°2,929 m14.8 mi
Noble MountainWNW 295°2,919 m5.9 mi
Rudd KnollWNW 298°2,918 m17.2 mi
South MountainWSW 237°2,899 m4.6 mi
Pat KnollWNW 302°2,891 m14.9 mi
Turner PeakENE 60°2,874 m3.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2117:5518:28
June solstice05:0718:5419:31
September equinox06:0517:4218:15
December solstice07:1816:3417:12

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.

  • Richardson's geranium2 obs
  • Woods' rose2 obs
  • Gray Wolf1 obs
  • Douglas-fir1 obs
  • monument plant1 obs
  • Black Medick1 obs
  • Yellow Sweetclover1 obs
  • American brooklime1 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/2006100297

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