Black Rocks
Black Rocks is a cliff in Idaho, at a recorded elevation of 917 m. Rough Mountain stands 2,148 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is City of Rocks, a cliff 5.2 miles away. Owyhee Uplands Back Country Byway passes 12 miles off. 42 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 917 m
How to reach it
- 11.5 mi off the Owyhee Uplands Back Country Byway
42 named places within 25 miles
- Horse Hill: 5.9 mi
- Chalk Hills: 6.3 mi
- Twin Buttes: 8.9 mi
- Big Hill: 9.1 mi
- Miller Water Table: 11.3 mi
- Scout Park: 14.5 mi
- Locust Park: 14.5 mi
- North Park: 14.8 mi
- Bruneau Dunes State Park: 15.6 mi
- Snake River Birds of Prey Area: 17.5 mi
- City of Rocks: 5.2 mi
- Windy Point: 21.5 mi
- Comical Turn: 16.9 mi
- Wickahoney Post Office and Stage Station: 20.0 mi
- Aivuhi Paatetsopai’i: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Black Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rough Mountain | W 273° | 2,148 m | 22.9 mi |
| Bald Mountain | W 264° | 1,966 m | 21.9 mi |
| Crab Spring Butte | SW 232° | 1,915 m | 22.4 mi |
| Doyle Mountain | WNW 284° | 1,878 m | 24.1 mi |
| Sugarloaf | SW 229° | 1,812 m | 15.3 mi |
| The Island | SSW 200° | 1,732 m | 19.5 mi |
| The Hat | SW 236° | 1,726 m | 16.9 mi |
| Poison Butte | S 183° | 1,682 m | 22.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:48 | 19:19 | 19:56 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:43 | 21:26 |
| September equinox | 07:32 | 19:05 | 19:43 |
| December solstice | 08:12 | 16:28 | 17:13 |
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 | 35 | 40 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 78 | 76 | 67 | 55 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bruneau, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358660501
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- Mountain Home · 30 mi
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