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Willow Springs

Willow Springs, seen from above at true elevation

Willow Springs is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,754 m. Milk Peak stands 2,623 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Juniper Spring, a spring 1.2 miles away. Barrel Springs Back Country Byway passes 5.5 miles off. 66 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.71474, -119.97562

66 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 32
Springs: 27
Historic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Parks: 1
  • Sheldon National Antelope Refuge: 21.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Milk PeakSSW 212°2,623 m24.0 mi
Mount BidwellNNW 331°2,529 m19.9 mi
Bald MountainWSW 245°2,518 m16.8 mi
Mount VidaNW 320°2,500 m19.9 mi
Cedar MountainWSW 240°2,476 m17.7 mi
Yellow MountainNW 326°2,460 m21.0 mi
Buck MountainW 270°2,417 m15.6 mi
Fandango PeakNW 307°2,369 m16.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:2619:5720:39
September equinox06:4818:2218:59
December solstice07:2515:4816:33

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323540455361706861503830
Precip in2.71.92.11.81.50.80.20.20.31.12.12.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Bidwell, 14 mi away.

  • Greater Sage-Grouse1 obs
  • Long-billed Curlew1 obs
  • hairy paintbrush1 obs
  • Elk Thistle1 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/11332188921

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