Sucker Spring
Sucker Spring is a spring in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 1,896 m. Swan Peak stands 2,771 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is The Big Knob, a peak 3.1 miles away. Bear Lake Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off. 107 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 15.9 mi off the Bear Lake Scenic Byway
- 16.6 mi off the Big Spring Scenic Backway
- 20.7 mi off the Logan Canyon Scenic Byway, National
- 22.7 mi off the Oregon Trail Bear Lake Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bear Lake Overlook · 23 mi
107 named places within 25 miles
- Mud Spring: 4.6 mi
- Gooseberry Spring: 5.7 mi
- Big Bend Spring: 5.9 mi
- McKinnon Spring: 6.0 mi
- Rabbit Spring: 7.6 mi
- The Big Knob: 3.1 mi
- Eli Hill: 6.1 mi
- Red Knoll: 7.5 mi
- Red Knoll: 8.5 mi
- High Top: 9.7 mi
- Randolph Camp Historical Monument: 16.1 mi
- North Beach State Park: 17.3 mi
- Ideal Beach Commons: 19.2 mi
- Garden City Park: 20.3 mi
- Triangle Park: 24.9 mi
- Cisco Beach: 15.8 mi
- Ideal Beach: 19.2 mi
- Bluewater Beach: 19.4 mi
- Windy Point: 8.2 mi
- Skull Point: 22.9 mi
- Bear Lake Rest Area: 18.0 mi
- Bear Lake Overlook Rest Area: 23.3 mi
- Sage Springs Day Use Area: 17.2 mi
- Hamsfork Museum: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sucker Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swan Peak | WNW 291° | 2,771 m | 24.8 mi |
| Coke Mountain | NE 37° | 2,712 m | 18.5 mi |
| Elk Mountain | SE 132° | 2,510 m | 13.3 mi |
| Monument Peak | WSW 237° | 2,503 m | 20.9 mi |
| Bridger Hill | SSE 165° | 2,501 m | 14.4 mi |
| South Sheep Mountain | SSE 164° | 2,496 m | 23.1 mi |
| The Pinnacle | SSE 167° | 2,488 m | 19.9 mi |
| North Sheep Mountain | SSE 162° | 2,457 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:00 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:21 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 16:12 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 12 | 16 | 29 | 40 | 49 | 56 | 64 | 61 | 52 | 41 | 28 | 14 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sage 4 NNW, 1 mi away.
- Common Nighthawk5 obs
- Mourning Dove2 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird2 obs
- Willow Flycatcher2 obs
- Eastern Kingbird2 obs
- Western Kingbird2 obs
- showy milkweed2 obs
- Wilson's Warbler2 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/7943675455
Day trips start here
- Fossil Butte National Monument · 12 mi
- Garden City · 21 mi
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