Watson Spring
Watson Spring is a spring in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,822 m. Gearhart Mountain stands 2,551 m to the west-northwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Barrel Spring, a spring 0.9 miles away. Oregon Outback passes 18 miles off.
How to reach it
- 18.0 mi off the Oregon Outback, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Lookout Rock: 2.3 mi
- Coleman Point: 2.4 mi
- Palisade Rocks: 2.9 mi
- The Dome: 4.4 mi
- Haystack Rock: 5.4 mi
- Barrel Spring: 0.9 mi
- Eagle Spring: 1.0 mi
- Coleman Spring: 1.5 mi
- Box Spring: 2.0 mi
- Lookout Spring: 2.0 mi
- Mitchell Monument: 5.0 mi
- Mitchell Recreation Area: 5.0 mi
- Paddock Camp: 10.3 mi
- Cottonwood Reservoir County Park: 18.9 mi
- Foster Field: 19.6 mi
- Dead Horse Rim: 6.0 mi
- Coleman Rim: 7.0 mi
- Cub Cliff: 15.9 mi
- Barnes Rim: 19.2 mi
- Gerber Rim: 21.3 mi
- Japanese Balloon Bomb Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Merritt Creek Trestle: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Watson Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearhart Mountain | WNW 302° | 2,551 m | 6.8 mi |
| 8295 | NW 312° | 2,528 m | 6.7 mi |
| Peak 8272 | NW 305° | 2,521 m | 6.8 mi |
| 8134 | N 350° | 2,476 m | 7.2 mi |
| Dead Horse Rim 8064 | N 353° | 2,458 m | 7.4 mi |
| Cougar Peak | SE 144° | 2,413.711 m | 11.7 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | SSE 154° | 2,367.686 m | 14.7 mi |
| Slide Mountain | N 7° | 2,366 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:02 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:48 | 16:34 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 35 | 39 | 43 | 52 | 59 | 68 | 65 | 58 | 47 | 37 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BLY 4 SE, 18 mi away.
- alpine waterleaf5 obs
- lodgepole pine3 obs
- Brook Trout2 obs
- Elephant's-Head lousewort2 obs
- Mahala mat2 obs
- Virginia strawberry2 obs
- Nuttall's Linanthus2 obs
- Bulbous woodland star2 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 way/1191543836
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