Red Point
Red Point is a cliff in Idaho, at a recorded elevation of 3,019 m. Big Creek Peak stands 3,439 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Mountain, a peak 2.8 miles away. Salmon River Scenic Byway passes 5.6 miles off. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 40 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3019 m
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Salmon River Scenic Byway
- 15.5 mi off the Sacajawea Historic Byway
- 20.5 mi off the Lewis and Clark Back Country Byway
- 22.4 mi off the Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Westward View · 28 mi
- Westward Overlook - Lemhi Pass CDT Access · 28 mi
52 named places within 25 miles
- Long Mountain: 2.8 mi
- May Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Lem Peak: 4.5 mi
- Mogg Mountain: 9.5 mi
- Buffalo Skull Peak: 10.5 mi
- Land of the Yankee Fork State Park & National Forest Historic Area: 20.5 mi
- Sacajawea Monument: 21.8 mi
- Central Park: 21.9 mi
- Fort Lemhi Monument: 22.0 mi
- Challis Fish Pond: 22.9 mi
- Eagle Rock: 10.3 mi
- McNabbs Point: 17.5 mi
- Goldbug Hot Springs: 13.2 mi
- Challis Hot Springs: 19.5 mi
- Painted Rock: 22.1 mi
- CHS: 22.1 mi
- Challis Bridge Recreation Site: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Creek Peak | SE 135° | 3,439 m | 23.8 mi |
| Grouse Creek Mountain | S 183° | 3,378.7 m | 24.2 mi |
| Lem Peak | NNE 12° | 3,346 m | 4.5 mi |
| May Mountain | SE 129° | 3,309 m | 3.3 mi |
| Gunsight Peak | ESE 115° | 3,302.508 m | 19.8 mi |
| Yellow Peak | SE 126° | 3,292 m | 22.5 mi |
| Buffalo Skull Peak | ESE 113° | 3,272.028 m | 10.5 mi |
| Mill Mountain | E 101° | 3,271 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:10 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:41 | 21:25 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 08:11 | 16:10 | 16:58 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 26 | 35 | 42 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 43 | 30 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MAY 2sse, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358658292
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