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Limestone Point

Limestone Point, seen from above at true elevation

Limestone Point is a cliff in Idaho, at a recorded elevation of 492 m. Saddle Butte stands 1,796 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Gold Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away. OREGON BORDER TO JCT SR 12 VIC CLARKSTON passes 8.8 miles off. 105 named places lie within 25 miles, 40 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
492 m
Getting there

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Coordinates46.08182, -116.95237
Around it

105 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 40
Parks: 32
  • Buffalo Eddy Petroglyph Site - Nez Perce National Historical Park: 6.4 mi
  • Asotin City Park: 18.5 mi
  • Chief Looking Glass Park: 18.7 mi
  • Hells Gate State Recreation Area: 19.1 mi
  • Hereth Park: 19.8 mi
Springs: 6
  • Fields Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Coyote Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Deadhorse Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Buckhorn Spring: 23.2 mi
  • Wickiup Spring: 23.5 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 5
Picnic sites: 5
  • Ponderosa Point Day Use Area: 18.9 mi
  • Granite View Day Use Area: 18.9 mi
  • Lower Peninsula Day Use Area: 19.0 mi
  • Craig Mountain Day Use Area: 19.2 mi
  • Hells Gate Day Use Area: 20.0 mi
Museums: 3
  • Winchester Visitors Center: 19.2 mi
  • Jack O'Conner Visitor Center: 20.0 mi
  • Nez Perce County Historical Society: 23.8 mi
Beaches: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cherry Creek Falls: 14.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • US-95 Winchester Rest Area: 20.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Saddle ButteW 268°1,796 m24.4 mi
Mount HorribleW 273°1,773.9 m23.8 mi
Cottonwood ButteE 92°1,740 m23.4 mi
Poison PointS 183°1,648 m18.3 mi
Deadhorse ButteSSE 169°1,627 m19.0 mi
Fairchild PointS 184°1,626 m17.3 mi
Craig MountainE 95°1,609 m4.8 mi
Teepee ButteSSW 199°1,601 m14.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2119:00
June solstice04:5719:5720:43
September equinox06:3518:0818:47
December solstice07:2815:1516:06

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303136424955646456453529
Precip in1.71.52.32.72.82.40.80.71.01.82.11.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winchester, 19 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358651701

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