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Wagon Springs

Wagon Springs, seen from above at true elevation

Wagon Springs is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 2,023 m. Marys River Peak stands 3,189 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Wild Horse Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. 91 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.50767, -115.64418

91 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 29
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 4
Parks: 1
  • Wild Horse State Recreation Area: 13.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Urdahl Concentrated Use Area: 24.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Marys River PeakNE 40°3,189 m22.7 mi
McAfee PeakW 273°3,183 m17.1 mi
Cougar PeakNE 36°3,154 m24.3 mi
Prospect PeakNE 37°3,137 m25.0 mi
Jacks PeakW 281°3,112 m18.7 mi
Government PeakNE 37°3,103 m23.8 mi
Jacks PeakW 266°3,064 m18.8 mi
Copper MountainNNE 19°3,018 m19.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:1019:3920:21
September equinox06:3118:0518:41
December solstice07:0615:3216:16

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192231384654636152413020
Precip in1.71.01.21.41.60.80.50.40.60.81.11.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wild Horse Rsvr, 12 mi away.

  • Bruneau Mariposa Lily2 obs
  • rock buckwheat1 obs
  • Torrey's milkvetch1 obs
  • Bushy Bird's-beak1 obs
  • Tapertip Hawksbeard1 obs
  • yellow pincushion plant1 obs
  • Cactus Coreid Bug1 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/11002018426

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