- Elevation, modelled
- 1,830 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Skeleton Mesa2,326 m · 21.5 mi
- Nearest byway
- Naat' tsis' aan - Navajo Mountain Scenic Road0.4 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:45local time
- Coordinates
- 36.5556, -110.7437
Starting of the Water Spring is a spring in Arizona, at a modelled 1,830 m. Skeleton Mesa stands 2,326 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Flat Mesa, a peak 2.8 miles away. Naat' tsis' aan - Navajo Mountain Scenic Road passes 0.4 miles off. 84 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Starting of the Water Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skeleton Mesa | NE 53° | 2,326 m | 21.5 mi |
| Tall Mountain | NNE 27° | 2,302 m | 18.3 mi |
| White Mesa | W 279° | 2,200 m | 10.6 mi |
| Zilnez Mesa | NNE 21° | 2,184 m | 19.4 mi |
| Big Mountain | SE 140° | 2,178 m | 22.9 mi |
| Square Butte | WNW 288° | 2,166 m | 10.7 mi |
| Yellow Butte | S 178° | 2,090 m | 12.6 mi |
| Yellow Butte | S 184° | 2,074 m | 13.3 mi |
- 0.4 mi off the Naat' tsis' aan - Navajo Mountain Scenic Road
- 29.6 mi off the Kayenta-Monument Valley Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic View · 9 mi
84 named places within 25 miles
- Badger Spring: 4.0 mi
- Sand Spring: 5.7 mi
- Shonto Spring: 6.8 mi
- Inscription House Ruin Spring: 8.0 mi
- Peach Spring: 8.7 mi
- Flat Mesa: 2.8 mi
- Whirlwind Rock: 3.9 mi
- Hard Rock Mesa: 4.9 mi
- Wild Man Mesa: 5.0 mi
- Saneneheck Rock: 6.1 mi
- Eggshell Arch: 9.1 mi
- Natural Arch: 10.4 mi
- Margaret Arch: 11.8 mi
- White Mesa Arch: 14.0 mi
- Hogan: 14.1 mi
- Big Rock Point: 7.5 mi
- Tsegi Point: 15.4 mi
- Red Bluff: 22.7 mi
- Lolamai Point: 23.1 mi
- Horse Corral Point: 24.5 mi
- George Smith Historical Monument: 19.1 mi
- Kiet Seel Ruin: 19.7 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:07 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:31 | 17:12 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 34 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 53 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Betatakin, 14 mi away.
- Gopher Snake1 obs
- Apache plume1 obs
- big seed milkweed1 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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