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Snowside Point

Snowside Point, seen from above at true elevation

Snowside Point is a cliff in Idaho, at a recorded elevation of 2,256 m. Meade Peak stands 3,305 m to the north-northwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Shale Point, a peak 1.0 miles away. Oregon Trail-Bear Lake Scenic Byway passes 7.6 miles off. 64 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2256 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.39021, -111.16131
Around it

64 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 35
Parks: 10
  • Bear Lake County Fairgrounds: 7.9 mi
  • Alinger Park: 7.9 mi
  • Stock Park: 8.3 mi
  • Adam's Park: 9.0 mi
  • Heritage Park: 9.0 mi
Springs: 6
  • Fox Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Spring Salt: 11.2 mi
  • Ferney Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Nieber Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Big Spring: 21.5 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Allred Flat Group Picnic Site: 12.2 mi
  • Hobble Creek Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
  • Lake Alice Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
  • Crystal Lake Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
  • Cottonwood Lake Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
Historic sites: 3
Museums: 2
Nature reserves: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Outdoor Classroom: 8.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Meade PeakNNW 328°3,305 m8.5 mi
Mount WagnerNE 53°3,192 m22.7 mi
Red Top MountainNE 41°3,166 m24.3 mi
Mount IsabelE 81°3,093 m23.6 mi
Sherman PeakWNW 285°2,954 m20.4 mi
Paris PeakWSW 237°2,908 m23.7 mi
Midnight MountainWSW 249°2,849 m22.6 mi
Sublette MountainSE 139°2,830 m12.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0019:37
June solstice05:4920:2321:06
September equinox07:1318:4719:24
December solstice07:5116:1016:56

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182030404957656455433120
Precip in1.71.61.51.72.31.30.71.01.31.71.41.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bern, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358658840

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