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Tule Spring

Tule Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Tule Spring is a spring in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,227 m. Mount Trumbull stands 2,441 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is The Dome, a peak 1.8 miles away. 138 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.27641, -112.93208

138 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 47
  • The Dome: 1.8 mi
  • Flatiron Butte: 5.0 mi
  • Hades Knoll: 6.5 mi
  • The Cork: 7.3 mi
  • McKee Point: 7.9 mi
Cliffs: 46
Springs: 33
Waterfalls: 7
Attractions: 2
Historic sites: 1
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrumbullNW 309°2,441 m14.7 mi
Mount LoganWNW 290°2,388 m16.7 mi
Mount EmmaW 267°2,342 m13.4 mi
Slide MountainWNW 285°2,308 m13.7 mi
Petty KnollWNW 287°2,292 m14.1 mi
Craigs KnollNW 316°2,188 m18.0 mi
Berry KnollNW 316°2,006 m22.0 mi
Hancock KnollN 350°1,966 m9.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:1018:44
June solstice05:1519:1519:53
September equinox06:2017:5618:30
December solstice07:4016:4117:21

Local time (America/Phoenix).

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs73.575.774.470.569.970.376.181.474.372.371.971.3

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Havasu Creek Above The Mouth, Near Supai, AZ, 10 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Inside the official boundary of Grand Canyon National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Jul.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

  • Crimson Monkeyflower8 obs
  • Red-spotted Toad2 obs
  • Western Black-tailed Rattlesnake2 obs
  • Common Raven1 obs
  • cardinal flower1 obs
  • White-lined Sphinx1 obs
  • Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees1 obs
  • Creosote Bush1 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/2006093753

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