Blue Bench
Blue Bench is an artwork in Idaho, at a modelled elevation of 804 m. Shafer Butte stands 2,308 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Mystic Cove Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Payette River Scenic Byway passes 4.3 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2019
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
- 4.3 mi off the Payette River Scenic Byway, National
- 8.3 mi off the Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway
- 7.8 mi off the Western Heritage Historic Byway, National
- 14.7 mi off the Oregon Trail Back Country Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Mystic Cove Park: 0.0 mi
- Willow Lane Athletic Complex: 0.4 mi
- Willow Lane Park: 0.4 mi
- Riverfront Park: 0.7 mi
- Mountain View Park: 1.0 mi
- River Throne: 1.1 mi
- TARDIS: 1.4 mi
- Bee Business: 1.8 mi
- Above and Below: 1.9 mi
- HaBATat: 2.2 mi
- Table Rock: 6.4 mi
- Eagleson Summit: 8.5 mi
- Stack Rock: 8.8 mi
- Boise Peak: 9.1 mi
- Lower Point: 9.3 mi
- Whitewater Park Engraved Stone: 1.6 mi
- Old Boise Historic District Engraved Stone: 1.6 mi
- Harry Morrison Dam Memorial Stone: 1.6 mi
- Billy Moynihan Engraved Stone: 1.6 mi
- Ray Need, M.D. Engraved Stone: 1.6 mi
- Garden City Pollinator Habitat: 1.8 mi
- Borah Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- All Saints Refugee Garden: 3.4 mi
- Municipal Rose Garden: 3.4 mi
- Laura Moore Cunningham Arboretum: 4.4 mi
- Idaho State Museum: 3.3 mi
- Boise Art Museum: 3.3 mi
- Idaho Black History Museum: 3.4 mi
- Jim Hall Foothills Learning Center: 3.5 mi
- Discovery Center of Idaho: 3.7 mi
- Hillside to Hollow Reserve: 2.0 mi
- Hyatt Hidden Lakes Reserve: 2.2 mi
- Hulls Gulch Reserve: 3.0 mi
- North End Native Plant Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Antelope Bitterbrush Reserve: 3.6 mi
- Historic Broadway Block: 4.7 mi
- A-10: 5.8 mi
- Camille Beckman Factory: 8.1 mi
- Ford Idaho Center: 12.9 mi
- Branson Hollow: 23.3 mi
- Riverside Beach: 2.9 mi
- Sandy Point Beach: 12.6 mi
- Marianne Williams Park Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
- Barclay Bay Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
- Blacks Creek Rest Area I-84 Westbound: 13.5 mi
- Blacks Creek Rest Area I-84 Eastbound: 13.6 mi
- Baldwin: 0.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blue Bench. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shafer Butte | NE 43° | 2,308 m | 12.1 mi |
| Mores Mountain | NE 39° | 2,202 m | 13.1 mi |
| Doe Point | NE 46° | 2,151 m | 11.0 mi |
| Deer Point | NE 45° | 2,150 m | 10.9 mi |
| Bob's Knob | NE 49° | 2,024 m | 12.4 mi |
| Gardiner Peak | ENE 60° | 2,011 m | 11.1 mi |
| Little Deer Point | NE 46° | 1,997 m | 10.0 mi |
| Boise Peak | ENE 63° | 1,978 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:20 | 19:58 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:47 | 21:31 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:06 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 08:16 | 16:25 | 17:12 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 38 | 45 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 77 | 76 | 66 | 53 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boise AIR Terminal, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9068808409
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