Trail Spring
Trail Spring is a spring in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 2,554 m. Kings Peak stands 4,123 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Ute Ponds Day Use Area Fishing Site, a picnic site 1.2 miles away. Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.
How to reach it
- 22.0 mi off the Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway, National
- 28.1 mi off the Flaming Gorge-Uintas Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sheep Creek Bay Overlook Interpretive Area · 30 mi
- Sheep Creek Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bull Elk Creek Spring: 1.9 mi
- Big Bend Hollow Spring: 2.4 mi
- Smokey Springs: 3.4 mi
- Puppy Spring: 3.6 mi
- Russell Spring Number 1: 3.8 mi
- Pole Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Goose Egg Peak: 4.2 mi
- Washs Nipple: 7.8 mi
- Flat Top Mountain: 8.2 mi
- Paradise Peak: 9.1 mi
- Fort Robidoux Historical Monument: 14.4 mi
- Tridell Park: 17.3 mi
- Lost Creek Park: 21.4 mi
- Old Carter Trail Historical marker: 21.5 mi
- Lapoint Park: 21.7 mi
- Ute Ponds Day Use Area Fishing Site: 1.2 mi
- Chalk Cliffs: 13.9 mi
- Cedarview: 17.4 mi
- Northern Ute Veterans Memorial: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Trail Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Peak | NW 310° | 4,123.3 m | 18.1 mi |
| South Kings Peak | NW 308° | 4,116 m | 17.8 mi |
| Gilbert Peak | NW 321° | 4,095 m | 19.2 mi |
| Mount Emmons | NW 305° | 4,090 m | 12.5 mi |
| Painter Peak | NW 307° | 4,080 m | 16.5 mi |
| Second Gemini | NW 307° | 4,056 m | 17.0 mi |
| Gunsight Peak | NW 317° | 4,043 m | 18.6 mi |
| Henrys Fork Peak | NW 310° | 4,036 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:57 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:14 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:14 | 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, 14 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 | 32.5 | 30.7 | 34.4 | 50.2 | 307 | 531 | 261 | 151 | 122 | 78.6 | 49.4 | 36.9 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Uinta R Blw Powerplant Diversion, NR Neola, UT, 1 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Northern Leopard Frog3 obs
- Mountain Ball Cactus2 obs
- Rocky Mountains Ponderosa Pine2 obs
- Song Sparrow1 obs
- North American River Otter1 obs
- woodland pinedrops1 obs
- Brittle Pricklypear1 obs
- Wyoming Paintbrush1 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/11171012816
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