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Willow Spring

Willow Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Willow Spring is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,731 m. Kumiva Peak stands 2,500 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Seven Troughs Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Lovelock Cave Back Country Byway passes 28 miles off. 41 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.47803, -118.80275

41 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 19
  • Porter Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Alson Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Nera Spring No. 33: 6.4 mi
  • Shingle Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Nera Spring No. 56: 6.8 mi
Peaks: 18
  • Seven Troughs Mountain: 1.1 mi
  • Signal Peak: 1.2 mi
  • Seven Troughs Benchmark: 2.9 mi
  • Phonolite Peak: 6.1 mi
  • Kbsk Mountain: 7.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Historic sites: 1
  • Vernon Jail: 3.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kumiva PeakWSW 259°2,500 m24.7 mi
Seven Troughs BenchmarkNNW 340°2,377 m2.9 mi
Juniper MountainSW 220°2,272 m22.1 mi
Seven Troughs MountainSW 234°2,268 m1.1 mi
Kbsk MountainNNE 22°2,172 m7.7 mi
Hannan Range High PointWNW 293°2,143 m10.1 mi
Trinity PeakS 170°2,121 m17.2 mi
Majuba MountainNE 52°2,091 m22.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:4920:30
September equinox06:4418:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4916:32

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323743485766757263513930
Precip in1.00.70.80.91.20.70.20.30.30.60.70.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RYE Patch DAM, 26 mi away.

  • White-lined Sphinx1 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/10817196449

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