Water Dog Springs
Water Dog Springs is a spring in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,785 m. Red Hills stands 2,044 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Salt Seeps, a spring 2.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 27 miles off. 48 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 26.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 23.0 mi off the Trail of the Ancients - NM, National
- 24.6 mi off the Dine' Tah "Among the People" Scenic Road
48 named places within 25 miles
- Salt Seeps: 2.4 mi
- Navajo Springs: 4.5 mi
- Emigrant Springs: 6.2 mi
- Cottonwood Seep: 10.3 mi
- Ninemile Seep: 12.7 mi
- Tiponi Point: 20.4 mi
- No Name Point: 20.4 mi
- Tawa Point: 20.5 mi
- Nizhoni Point: 21.2 mi
- Whipple Point: 21.4 mi
- Tiponi Point: 20.4 mi
- Tawa Point: 20.5 mi
- Kachina Point: 20.7 mi
- Chinde Point: 21.1 mi
- Nizhoni Point: 21.2 mi
- Padres Mesa: 11.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 16.3 mi
- Sorrel Horse Mesa: 18.5 mi
- Red Hills: 21.0 mi
- Chinde Mesa: 21.2 mi
- Wide Ruin: 12.8 mi
- Old Us route 66: 22.1 mi
- Painted Desert Inn: 20.7 mi
- Petrified Forest National Park: 21.6 mi
- Adamana: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Water Dog Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hills | N 355° | 2,044 m | 21.0 mi |
| Padres Mesa | NW 323° | 1,957 m | 11.2 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | E 80° | 1,951 m | 16.3 mi |
| Chinde Mesa | W 278° | 1,830 m | 21.2 mi |
| Black Knoll | SW 224° | 1,818 m | 21.4 mi |
| Sorrel Horse Mesa | SW 225° | 1,759 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:22 | 17:56 | 18:30 |
| June solstice | 05:05 | 18:58 | 19:36 |
| September equinox | 06:06 | 17:43 | 18:16 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:31 | 17:10 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 37 | 43 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sanders, 9 mi away.
- Prairie Rattlesnake1 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/2006093222
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