Chicken Spring

Chicken Spring: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Chicken Spring

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Chicken Spring — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.89607, -119.49553. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Chicken Spring

• Granite Mountain Reservoir · lake · Washoe · ~11 km · Must-see
• Calico Mountains Wilderness · sanctuary · Humboldt · ~35 km · Must-see
• Great Boiling Spring Park · park · Washoe · ~35 km · Must-see
• Old Razorback Mountain · viewpoint · Pershing · ~43 km · Must-see
• Selenite Mountains Wilderness Study Area · viewpoint · Pershing · ~43 km · Must-see
• Rocky Peak · viewpoint · Humboldt · ~56 km · Must-see
• High Rock Lake · lake · Humboldt · ~59 km · Must-see
• Luxor Peak · viewpoint · Pershing · ~61 km · Must-see
• High Rock Canyon Wilderness · viewpoint · Washoe · ~68 km · Must-see
• Dodge Reservoir · lake · Lassen · ~69 km · Must-see
• Kumiva Peak · viewpoint · Pershing · ~72 km · Must-see
• Hat Mountain · viewpoint · Lassen · ~75 km · Must-see
• Heward Reservoir · lake · Washoe · ~4 km
• Smoke Creek Valley Opening · viewpoint · Washoe · ~9 km
• Granite Mountain Dam · lake · Washoe · ~11 km
• Hualapai Flat · viewpoint · Washoe · ~21 km
• Boulder Dam Reservoir · lake · Washoe · ~23 km
• Boulder Dam · lake · Washoe · ~23 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Chicken Spring

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Chicken Spring

• Old Razorback Mountain · viewpoint · Pershing · ~43 km · Must-see
• Selenite Mountains Wilderness Study Area · viewpoint · Pershing · ~43 km · Must-see
• Rocky Peak · viewpoint · Humboldt · ~56 km · Must-see
• Luxor Peak · viewpoint · Pershing · ~61 km · Must-see
• High Rock Canyon Wilderness · viewpoint · Washoe · ~68 km · Must-see
• Kumiva Peak · viewpoint · Pershing · ~72 km · Must-see
• Hat Mountain · viewpoint · Lassen · ~75 km · Must-see
• Purgatory Peak · viewpoint · Pershing · ~79 km · Must-see
• Eagle Peak · viewpoint · Modoc · ~91 km · Must-see
• Hot Springs Peak · viewpoint · Lassen · ~98 km · Must-see

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