Taylor Spring
Taylor Spring is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,762 m. Mount Rose stands 3,285 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower King's Canyon Waterfall, a waterfall 1.1 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 5.7 miles off.
How to reach it
- 5.7 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 8.7 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
- 13.0 mi off the Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 7 mi
- Scenic lookout · 9 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 10 mi
- Cave Rock · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Long Ranch Park: 1.4 mi
- Monte Vista Park: 2.1 mi
- Carriage Square Park: 2.2 mi
- Sunset Park: 2.2 mi
- John Mankins Park: 2.4 mi
- C Hill: 1.7 mi
- Snow Valley Peak: 3.7 mi
- Sugarloaf: 4.0 mi
- Duck Hill: 4.2 mi
- Marlette Peak: 4.4 mi
- The Big Tree: 17.3 mi
- St Theresa: 18.2 mi
- Pelican Sculpture: 18.2 mi
- Frog Sculpture: 18.3 mi
- The Ants: 22.6 mi
- Old US Mint: 2.7 mi
- Nevada State Railroad Museum: 3.0 mi
- Eastgate Depot: 7.7 mi
- Genoa Courthouse Museum: 11.6 mi
- Fox Cultural Hall: 11.7 mi
- Scripps State Wildlife Management Area: 8.4 mi
- Galena Creek Regional Park: 12.8 mi
- River Fork Ranch Preserve: 12.9 mi
- Galena Terrace: 14.8 mi
- Placer County Open Space: 14.9 mi
- Carson Raceway: 2.8 mi
- Thunderbird Lodge: 6.2 mi
- M. S. Dixie II Terminal: 13.4 mi
- Zephyr Cove Beach: 13.4 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 14.5 mi
- South Beach: 4.7 mi
- Secret Beach: 6.0 mi
- Secret Cove Beach: 6.3 mi
- Sand Harbor Beach: 6.3 mi
- Boaters Beach: 6.3 mi
- Nevada State Constitution Monument: 2.8 mi
- Nevada Vietnam Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Ophir Mill Historical Marker: 8.7 mi
- Benny Heineike's Rock: 12.3 mi
- Saratoga Hot Spring: 8.8 mi
- Brockway Spring: 11.8 mi
- Bull Run Spring: 12.4 mi
- Erastra Spring: 13.9 mi
- Folsom Spring: 15.0 mi
- Lower King's Canyon Waterfall: 1.1 mi
- Genoa Falls: 11.9 mi
- Jumbo Falls: 12.9 mi
- Eagle Falls: 21.8 mi
- Lower Eagle Falls: 21.9 mi
- Slab Cliffs: 11.7 mi
- Twin Crags: 18.7 mi
- Thunder Cliff: 19.7 mi
- Tallac Point: 20.4 mi
- Susans Bluff: 23.6 mi
- Carson City Community Garden: 3.3 mi
- Norton Park: 18.2 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 20.2 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 23.0 mi
- The Rose Garden: 24.3 mi
- Washoe City: 10.5 mi
- Galena: 12.5 mi
- Sutro: 14.6 mi
- Como: 18.2 mi
- Stone Cabin: 19.7 mi
- Meeks Bay Beach: 18.8 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
- Donner Camp Picnic Site: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Taylor Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rose | NNW 336° | 3,285 m | 13.1 mi |
| Church Peak | NNW 336° | 3,235 m | 13.8 mi |
| Mount Houghton | NNW 330° | 3,195 m | 13.1 mi |
| Relay Peak | NW 325° | 3,135 m | 12.1 mi |
| Tamarack Peak | NNW 331° | 3,012 m | 11.6 mi |
| Slide Mountain | NNW 340° | 2,936 m | 10.4 mi |
| Rose Knob Peak | NW 318° | 2,932 m | 11.4 mi |
| Rose Knob | NW 313° | 2,922 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:58 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 38 | 44 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carson City, 4 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Ash Cyn CK NR Carson City, NV, under a mile away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Brown's Peony39 obs
- Snowbrush Ceanothus36 obs
- Western Fence Lizard33 obs
- Antelope Bitterbrush30 obs
- Cobwebby Thistle21 obs
- Desert Peach20 obs
- Palmer's penstemon19 obs
- Mule Deer18 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/8191542327
Day trips start here
- Incline Village · 10 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 13 mi
- Tahoe Vista · 13 mi
- Virginia City · 13 mi
- Tahoe City · 17 mi
- Republic of Molossia · 18 mi
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