Desert Spring

Desert 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 Desert 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 Desert Spring — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.48257, -119.21851. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Desert Spring

• Luxor Peak · viewpoint · Pershing · ~7 km · Must-see
• Kumiva Peak · viewpoint · Pershing · ~12 km · Must-see
• Purgatory Peak · viewpoint · Pershing · ~20 km · Must-see
• Mount Limbo Wilderness Study Area · sanctuary · Pershing · ~21 km · Must-see
• Selenite Mountains Wilderness Study Area · viewpoint · Pershing · ~23 km · Must-see
• Great Boiling Spring Park · park · Washoe · ~29 km · Must-see
• Old Razorback Mountain · viewpoint · Pershing · ~37 km · Must-see
• Sage Hen Valley · viewpoint · Pershing · ~58 km · Must-see
• Granite Mountain Reservoir · lake · Washoe · ~58 km · Must-see
• Pyramid Lake · lake · Washoe · ~74 km · Must-see
• Trego Hot Springs · attraction · Pershing · ~40 km
• Willow Spring · attraction · Pershing · ~44 km
• Signal Peak · viewpoint · Pershing · ~45 km
• Too Kapu Tawaka · viewpoint · Washoe · ~45 km
• Fox Beach · beach · Washoe · ~53 km
• Hualapai Flat · viewpoint · Washoe · ~55 km
• Granite Mountain Dam · lake · Washoe · ~58 km
• Dewey Parker Dam Number Two · lake · Washoe · ~59 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Desert Spring

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Desert Spring

• Luxor Peak · viewpoint · Pershing · ~7 km · Must-see
• Kumiva Peak · viewpoint · Pershing · ~12 km · Must-see
• Purgatory Peak · viewpoint · Pershing · ~20 km · Must-see
• Selenite Mountains Wilderness Study Area · viewpoint · Pershing · ~23 km · Must-see
• Old Razorback Mountain · viewpoint · Pershing · ~37 km · Must-see
• Sage Hen Valley · viewpoint · Pershing · ~58 km · Must-see
• Rocky Peak · viewpoint · Humboldt · ~76 km · Must-see
• Tule Peak · viewpoint · Washoe · ~90 km · Must-see
• Hot Springs Peak · viewpoint · Lassen · ~97 km · Must-see
• Topog Peak · viewpoint · Churchill · ~102 km · Must-see

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