City of Rocks
City of Rocks is a cliff in Idaho, at a recorded elevation of 876 m. Sugarloaf stands 1,812 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Horse Hill, a peak 4.3 miles away. Owyhee Uplands Back Country Byway passes 13 miles off. 46 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 876 m
How to reach it
- 13.4 mi off the Owyhee Uplands Back Country Byway
- 26.4 mi off the Oregon Trail Back Country Byway
46 named places within 25 miles
- Horse Hill: 4.3 mi
- Twin Buttes: 6.0 mi
- Crabb Butte: 7.5 mi
- Chalk Hills: 9.5 mi
- Miller Water Table: 11.0 mi
- Bruneau Dunes State Park: 10.4 mi
- Snake River Birds of Prey Area: 12.4 mi
- Scout Park: 12.8 mi
- Locust Park: 12.9 mi
- North Park: 13.0 mi
- Black Rocks: 5.2 mi
- Windy Point: 22.1 mi
- Comical Turn: 22.1 mi
- Wickahoney Post Office and Stage Station: 24.2 mi
- Community Wall: 24.7 mi
- Mountain Home Historical Museum: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of City of Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf | SW 230° | 1,812 m | 20.6 mi |
| The Island | SSW 207° | 1,732 m | 24.2 mi |
| The Hat | SW 235° | 1,726 m | 22.1 mi |
| Between the Creeks | W 259° | 1,611 m | 22.5 mi |
| Gedney Butte | S 186° | 1,538 m | 21.9 mi |
| Table Butte | S 180° | 1,475 m | 17.6 mi |
| Winter Camp Butte | ESE 124° | 1,343 m | 20.3 mi |
| Big Hill | S 181° | 1,342 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:19 | 19:56 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:43 | 21:26 |
| September equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 08:12 | 16:27 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358653754
Day trips start here
- Mountain Home · 25 mi
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