Sulphur Spring
Sulphur Spring is a spring in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 2,228 m. Mount Emmons stands 4,090 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Horricks Spring, a spring 1.6 miles away. Flaming Gorge-Uintas Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 22.3 mi off the Flaming Gorge-Uintas Scenic Byway, National
- 18.3 mi off the Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pullout · 25 mi
- Sheep Creek Bay Overlook Interpretive Area · 27 mi
- Sheep Creek Overlook · 27 mi
- Lookout Sheep Creek · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Horricks Spring: 1.6 mi
- Snake John Spring: 1.7 mi
- Red Pine Spring: 1.8 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 1.9 mi
- Sand Point Spring: 1.9 mi
- Whiterocks: 2.4 mi
- Mosby Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Ice Cave Peak: 3.5 mi
- Red Knoll: 4.6 mi
- Pole Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Fort Robidoux Historical Monument: 7.7 mi
- Tridell Park: 9.5 mi
- Lapoint Park: 13.9 mi
- Shindy Hollow Picnic Site: 14.7 mi
- Roosevelt East Stake Park Area: 18.1 mi
- Chalk Cliffs: 5.4 mi
- Rock Point: 20.7 mi
- Skinwalker Ridge: 21.4 mi
- Skinwalker Ridge: 21.5 mi
- Skinwalker Ridge: 21.5 mi
- Northern Ute Veterans Memorial: 18.8 mi
- Uintah "U": 20.2 mi
- Rex: 22.7 mi
- Veteran Memorial: 23.6 mi
- Ute Ponds Day Use Area Fishing Site: 9.6 mi
- Moose Ponds Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
- Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum: 23.0 mi
- Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum: 23.9 mi
- Cedarview: 15.1 mi
- Moonshine arch: 21.2 mi
- VBC Garden: 24.0 mi
- Dinah The Pink Dinosaur: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sulphur Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Emmons | WNW 298° | 4,090 m | 21.0 mi |
| South Burro Peak | NNW 326° | 3,873 m | 22.0 mi |
| Coffin Mountain | NW 319° | 3,863 m | 24.6 mi |
| North Burro Peak | NNW 328° | 3,860 m | 22.4 mi |
| Mount Davis | NW 322° | 3,793 m | 22.7 mi |
| Marsh Peak | NNE 33° | 3,718 m | 11.8 mi |
| Mount Untermann | NNE 15° | 3,675 m | 14.6 mi |
| Leidy Peak | NNE 24° | 3,667 m | 15.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:13 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:13 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 26 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 68 | 59 | 46 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Neola, 12 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Aug — fullest in Jun, leanest in Feb.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 29.0 | 26.5 | 27.9 | 48.0 | 270 | 379 | 179 | 120 | 93.0 | 68.2 | 44.1 | 33.8 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Whiterocks River Near Whiterocks, UT, 2 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Western Tiger Swallowtail1 obs
- showy milkweed1 obs
- Brittle Pricklypear1 obs
- American Goldfinch1 obs
- Glossy Pillar1 obs
- Moose1 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/11171012811
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