Double Diamond Spring
Double Diamond Parkway runs right past it, in Washoe County, Nevada, about nine miles from Sparks. The water at Double Diamond Spring tops out around bath temperature, warm and no more. Nobody has set down who owns it or how access works. A USGS site number is attached.
Thirty feet from the road. Park and you are there. Elevation is a bit over four and a half thousand feet. Snow runs deep for Nevada, around 43 inches over a winter, and annual precipitation is sixteen inches, wet by Nevada standards.
December through February on file as best. Roadside. Warm water, no scald concern. Nearest campground listed is Mount Rose, about twelve miles away. Owner and visitor status are both missing from the record, so check.
Aircraft with laser scanners measured this ground to within inches. The scan strips out trees and buildings, leaving the bare shape of the land around Double Diamond Spring.
Drag the handle to compare the two views. The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
- Setting
- Open ground
- Flat, open ground all around.
- Highest ground nearby
- 6 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the south
A slice through the ground from south to north, about 0.6 miles end to end.
Elevation data: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map. Public domain.
That's about 2½ times the US average of 65. It's higher than at 94% of the springs on this site.
Heat flow measures the warmth working its way up through the ground from deep inside the earth. Where it runs high, rain and snowmelt that seep down through cracks in the rock come back up hot.
See every spring on the geothermal heat map →
Heat flow estimate: Stanford Thermal Earth Model (Aljubran & Horne, 2024), CC BY 4.0.
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Overview Mount Rose Campground is conveniently located between Reno and Lake Tahoe just off scenic Mount Rose Highway. Visitors love the campground for its proximity to excellent hiking trails and recreational opportunities at Lake Tahoe.Recreation Hiking is the most popular pastime at Mount Rose. Several trails, including the Tahoe Meadows, Tahoe Rim, Mount Rose Wilderness and Mount Rose Summit Trails, begin very close to the campground.Facilities Mount Rose contains single and double-family...
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