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Woodard Spring

Woodard Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Woodard Spring is a spring in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 2,658 m. Kings Peak stands 4,123 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Horricks Spring, a spring 1.0 miles away. Flaming Gorge-Uintas Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.60422, -109.95953

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Peaks: 43
Parks: 23
  • Fort Robidoux Historical Monument: 10.3 mi
  • Tridell Park: 11.9 mi
  • Shindy Hollow Picnic Site: 15.8 mi
  • Lapoint Park: 16.3 mi
  • Old Carter Trail Historical marker: 16.8 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Chalk Cliffs: 6.3 mi
  • Rock Point: 21.9 mi
  • Skinwalker Ridge: 24.0 mi
  • Skinwalker Ridge: 24.0 mi
  • Skinwalker Ridge: 24.0 mi
Historic sites: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Ute Ponds Day Use Area Fishing Site: 8.9 mi
  • Moose Ponds Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Moonshine arch: 21.9 mi
  • Sheep Creek Canyon Geological Area: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kings PeakWNW 299°4,123.3 m24.7 mi
South Kings PeakWNW 297°4,116 m24.6 mi
Mount EmmonsWNW 293°4,090 m19.5 mi
Painter PeakWNW 296°4,080 m23.3 mi
Second GeminiWNW 296°4,056 m23.9 mi
Gunsight PeakNW 304°4,043 m24.7 mi
East GunsightNW 305°3,937 m23.5 mi
East Gilbert PeakNW 308°3,917 m24.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5619:32
June solstice05:5020:1420:55
September equinox07:0818:4319:19
December solstice07:4116:1316:57

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202638455463706859463321
Precip in0.60.60.50.81.00.60.50.91.41.10.50.6

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

Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Aug — fullest in Jun, leanest in Feb.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs29.026.527.948.027037917912093.068.244.133.8

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Whiterocks River Near Whiterocks, UT, 2 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Large Marble5 obs
  • Scarlet Gilia4 obs
  • Dreamy Duskywing3 obs
  • Green Comma3 obs
  • wax currant3 obs
  • Western Pine Elfin3 obs
  • Hoary Elfin3 obs
  • Brown Elfin2 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/11171012813

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