Big Bench
Big Bench is a beach in Idaho, at a recorded elevation of 748 m. Craig Mountain stands 1,609 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Pigeon Roost, a peak 0.8 miles away. Northwest Passage Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off. 96 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 748 m
How to reach it
- 10.1 mi off the Northwest Passage Scenic Byway, National
96 named places within 25 miles
- Asotin City Park: 6.7 mi
- Hereth Park: 6.7 mi
- Chief Looking Glass Park: 6.7 mi
- Buffalo Eddy Petroglyph Site - Nez Perce National Historical Park: 6.9 mi
- Hells Gate State Recreation Area: 7.1 mi
- Pigeon Roost: 0.8 mi
- Swallow Rock: 8.5 mi
- Thunder Hill / yewninwees: 12.6 mi
- Gold Hill: 13.1 mi
- Lewiston Hill: 13.3 mi
- Eastside: 6.2 mi
- Westside: 6.3 mi
- Upper Westside: 6.4 mi
- Swallows Nest: 8.5 mi
- Limestone Point: 13.1 mi
- Hells Gate Day Use Area: 8.0 mi
- Ponderosa Point Day Use Area: 15.9 mi
- Lower Peninsula Day Use Area: 16.1 mi
- Granite View Day Use Area: 16.1 mi
- Craig Mountain Day Use Area: 16.3 mi
- Craige: 10.0 mi
- Theon: 10.5 mi
- Zindel: 11.0 mi
- Unfried: 21.8 mi
- Hanson Ferry: 24.8 mi
- Jack O'Conner Visitor Center: 7.9 mi
- Nez Perce County Historical Society: 11.0 mi
- Local Native American and geological information: 15.2 mi
- Winchester Visitors Center: 16.1 mi
- Fields Spring: 16.7 mi
- Pinkham Spring: 22.9 mi
- Kaufman Springs: 23.2 mi
- Wickiup Spring: 24.8 mi
- C. C. Van Arsdol: 13.3 mi
- US-95 Winchester Rest Area: 18.0 mi
- Amos Bench: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Bench. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Mountain | SSE 160° | 1,609 m | 14.4 mi |
| Jim Creek Butte | S 177° | 1,542 m | 23.2 mi |
| Big Butte | SW 232° | 1,527 m | 17.7 mi |
| Mount Wilson | S 183° | 1,493 m | 19.0 mi |
| Anatone Butte | SW 232° | 1,491 m | 18.2 mi |
| Lent Butte | S 185° | 1,480 m | 23.1 mi |
| Pinkham Butte | W 261° | 1,449 m | 23.0 mi |
| Mason Butte | ESE 105° | 1,412 m | 19.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:21 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 04:57 | 19:57 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:08 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:14 | 16:05 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 39 | 45 | 52 | 60 | 67 | 76 | 75 | 66 | 53 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lewiston AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358649863
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