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Upper Big Tom Hollow Spring

Upper Big Tom Hollow Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Upper Big Tom Hollow Spring is a spring in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 2,561 m. Mount Emmons stands 4,090 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Big Tom Hollow Springs, a spring 0.6 miles away. Flaming Gorge-Uintas Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.56861, -109.89515

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Peaks: 34
  • Whiterocks: 1.3 mi
  • Ice Cave Peak: 2.8 mi
  • Mosby Mountain: 2.8 mi
  • Lake Mountain: 4.8 mi
  • Jay Point: 4.9 mi
Parks: 24
  • Fort Robidoux Historical Monument: 7.7 mi
  • Tridell Park: 8.3 mi
  • Shindy Hollow Picnic Site: 11.9 mi
  • Lapoint Park: 12.6 mi
  • Remember the Maine Park: 16.1 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • Chalk Cliffs: 2.5 mi
  • Rock Point: 17.9 mi
  • Skinwalker Ridge: 21.3 mi
  • Skinwalker Ridge: 21.3 mi
  • Skinwalker Ridge: 21.3 mi
Historic sites: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Ute Ponds Day Use Area Fishing Site: 12.4 mi
  • Moose Ponds Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Moonshine arch: 18.3 mi
  • Dinosaur Trackway: 24.0 mi
Museums: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Gardens: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Dinah The Pink Dinosaur: 21.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount EmmonsWNW 295°4,090 m23.6 mi
South Burro PeakNW 320°3,873 m23.6 mi
North Burro PeakNW 322°3,860 m24.0 mi
Mount DavisNW 317°3,793 m24.6 mi
Marsh PeakNNE 20°3,718 m10.4 mi
Mount UntermannN 4°3,675 m14.0 mi
Leidy PeakNNE 13°3,667 m14.2 mi
MesaNNW 339°3,358 m9.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5619:32
June solstice05:5020:1320:54
September equinox07:0818:4219:18
December solstice07:4116:1316:56

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232838455464727060483423
Precip in0.90.91.21.21.60.90.91.21.71.50.80.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maeser 9NW, 12 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Aug — fullest in Jun, leanest in Feb.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs29.026.527.948.027037917912093.068.244.133.8

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Whiterocks River Near Whiterocks, UT, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • spotted Joe-Pye weed1 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/11171012806

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