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Bear Creek Point

Bear Creek Point, seen from above at true elevation

Bear Creek Point is a cliff in Idaho, at a recorded elevation of 1,814 m. South Mountain stands 2,361 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Juniper Mountain, a peak 3.3 miles away. Owyhee Uplands Back Country Byway passes 7.8 miles off. 48 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1814 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.39627, -116.85485
Around it

48 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 41
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 1
  • Owyhee Falls: 10.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Three Forks Hot Spring: 19.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bear Creek Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South MountainN 352°2,361 m23.8 mi
Juniper MountainN 1°2,062 m3.3 mi
Rough MountainE 81°1,906 m3.7 mi
Bald MountainWSW 241°1,870 m6.4 mi
Big Springs ButteENE 75°1,869 m20.8 mi
The ButtesW 269°1,807 m5.3 mi
Herds VWNW 294°1,798 m4.2 mi
Slack MountainNE 39°1,780 m15.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5119:2320:00
June solstice06:1120:4621:29
September equinox07:3619:0919:46
December solstice08:1416:3317:18

Local time (America/Boise).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358649827

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