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Stump Spring

Stump Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Stump Spring is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,949 m. Elliott Benchmark stands 2,669 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Emigrant Spring, a spring 3.7 miles away. 69 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.60932, -116.06481

69 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 17
Parks: 12
  • Carlin Park: 7.5 mi
  • Angel Park: 21.5 mi
  • Fir St. Pocket Park: 21.6 mi
  • Mountain View Park: 21.9 mi
  • Southside Park: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Museums: 4
  • California Trail Interpretive Center, Free Museum: 12.6 mi
  • Western Folklife Center: 22.1 mi
  • Cowboy Gear and Arts Museum: 22.1 mi
  • Northeastern Nevada Museum: 22.9 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Chilton Centennial Tower: 22.2 mi
  • 9/11 World Trade Center Monument: 23.0 mi
  • Caterpillar grader: 23.2 mi
Attractions: 2
  • The Elko E: 23.4 mi
  • The Elko E: 23.4 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Fisherman's Point: 15.8 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Basque Sheepherder: 22.8 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Kelly Ostler Rose Garden: 22.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Elliott BenchmarkSSE 164°2,669 m14.4 mi
Ravens NestSSE 160°2,640 m7.9 mi
Bunker HillSSE 158°2,636 m7.4 mi
Pine MountainS 178°2,524 m5.5 mi
Coffin MountainS 172°2,476 m23.5 mi
Swales MountainN 2°2,430 m22.6 mi
Robinson MountainSSE 156°2,427 m16.8 mi
Marys MountainNW 310°2,345 m13.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:2118:57
June solstice05:1419:3820:19
September equinox06:3318:0718:43
December solstice07:0515:3716:21

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263039425159676556433125
Precip in1.10.81.01.21.60.90.40.40.60.80.81.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pine Valley - Carlin 20S, 12 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Apr — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs19.723.931.439.813.03.93.01.92.87.512.013.5

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Pine CK NR Palisade, NV, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • upland larkspur1 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/10903749731

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