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North Beach

North Beach from directly overhead

North Beach is a beach in Idaho, at a recorded elevation of 1,522 m. South Loon Mountain stands 2,827 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Twah Creek Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.4 miles away. Payette River Scenic Byway passes 5.7 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
1,522 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.99371, -116.06426

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 12
  • Ponderosa State Park: 3.3 mi
  • Brown Park: 5.6 mi
  • Big Chair Park: 5.8 mi
  • Legacy Park: 5.9 mi
  • Wild Horse Park: 5.9 mi
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 5
  • Shaws Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Rainbow Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Indian Springs: 22.4 mi
  • Gold Fork Hot Springs: 22.7 mi
  • Trail Creek Spring: 24.6 mi
Museums: 3
  • Central Idaho Historical Museum: 6.2 mi
  • Valley County Museum: 18.2 mi
  • Old General Store & Museum: 18.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Twah Creek Picnic Area: 0.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Driessen Falls: 5.0 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • B 23 Crash Site: 15.8 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Mile 15 Hot Spring: 20.6 mi
Beaches: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of North Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Loon MountainNE2,827 m11.6 mi
North Loon MountainNE2,823 m12.5 mi
Storm PeakNE2,751 m11.9 mi
Nick PeakESE2,713 m10.4 mi
Rain BenchmarkNE2,669 m7.3 mi
BlackmareSE2,659 m18.0 mi
Sawtooth PeakE2,646 m6.7 mi
Bruin MountainNNW2,645 m12.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4819:1819:57
June solstice05:5820:5021:35
September equinox07:3219:0519:44
December solstice08:2016:1717:06

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222532394955646354433122
Precip in2.52.32.72.42.32.00.60.51.01.62.32.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mccall AP, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/923211857

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