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Chesterfield

Chesterfield from directly overhead

Chesterfield is a ghost town in Idaho, at a modelled elevation of 1,660 m. Bonneville Peak stands 2,812 m to the west-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Reservoir Mountain, a peak 12 miles away. Oregon Trail Bear Lake Scenic Byway passes 7.7 miles off. 60 named places lie within 25 miles, 40 of them named summits.

ghost town and historic district in Caribou County, Idaho, United States

The record

What the record says

Founded
1881
Getting there

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Coordinates42.86690, -111.90200
Around it

60 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 40
Parks: 11
  • City Park: 17.9 mi
  • Henry Stampede Park: 17.9 mi
  • Blackfoot River Park: 18.0 mi
  • Buddy Campbell Memorial Park: 18.1 mi
  • Skyline Park: 18.4 mi
Attractions: 2
  • High Dive: 17.9 mi
  • Formation springs nature preserve: 21.3 mi
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Sunken Gardens: 17.9 mi
Artworks: 1
  • The Bull: 17.9 mi
Museums: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bonneville PeakWSW 239°2,812 m14.1 mi
Sedgwick PeakS 183°2,789 m24.3 mi
Snow PeakSW 236°2,777 m14.3 mi
Haystack MountainSW 226°2,748 m15.1 mi
South Putnam MountainWNW 286°2,724 m12.0 mi
Mount PutnamWNW 294°2,685 m14.6 mi
Baldy MountainS 186°2,540 m22.3 mi
Petticoat PeakS 191°2,418 m14.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0319:40
June solstice05:5020:2721:11
September equinox07:1618:4919:27
December solstice07:5616:1116:57

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232736445261696758463424
Precip in2.01.31.91.82.31.30.81.11.41.41.31.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lava HOT Springs, 18 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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