Soda Point
Soda Point is a cliff in Idaho, at a recorded elevation of 1,993 m. Sherman Peak stands 2,954 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Steamboat Hill, a peak 3.1 miles away. Oregon Trail Bear Lake Scenic Byway passes 1.5 miles off. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1993 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Oregon Trail Bear Lake Scenic Byway
- 0.7 mi off the Pioneer Historic Byway, National
- 5.5 mi off the Oregon Trail-Bear Lake Scenic Byway
59 named places within 25 miles
- Steamboat Hill: 3.1 mi
- Chester Hill: 5.2 mi
- Ice Cave Knoll: 7.6 mi
- Rabbit Mountain: 7.7 mi
- Threemile Knoll: 7.9 mi
- Geyser Park: 5.1 mi
- Corrigan Park: 5.2 mi
- Octagon Spring Park: 5.2 mi
- Hooper Park: 5.7 mi
- Arthur Kelly Park: 6.5 mi
- Soda Springs Geyser: 5.1 mi
- Hooper Spring: 5.7 mi
- Formation springs nature preserve: 8.4 mi
- High Dive: 15.9 mi
- Dempsey: 14.9 mi
- Chesterfield: 18.6 mi
- Sunken Gardens: 15.5 mi
- The Bull: 15.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Soda Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman Peak | SSE 147° | 2,954 m | 14.4 mi |
| Bonneville Peak | WNW 291° | 2,812 m | 23.8 mi |
| Threemile Peak | ESE 120° | 2,809 m | 24.6 mi |
| Sedgwick Peak | SW 232° | 2,789 m | 14.2 mi |
| Snow Peak | WNW 289° | 2,777 m | 23.3 mi |
| Hawks Peak | ESE 110° | 2,759 m | 22.9 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | WNW 284° | 2,748 m | 21.6 mi |
| Soda Peak | SSE 153° | 2,707 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:02 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:26 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:49 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 16:11 | 16:57 |
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 | 21 | 24 | 32 | 41 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 65 | 55 | 44 | 32 | 22 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Soda Springs AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358658867
Day trips start here
- Soda Springs · 6 mi
- Lava Hot Springs · 16 mi
- Southeastern Idaho · 26 mi
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