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Comical Turn

Comical Turn from directly overhead

Comical Turn is a ghost town in Idaho, at a modelled elevation of 1,704 m. Rough Mountain stands 2,148 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugarloaf, a peak 2.5 miles away. Owyhee Uplands Back Country Byway passes 15 miles off. 34 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.

human settlement in Idaho, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates42.56139, -116.14444

34 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 30
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • Wickahoney Post Office and Stage Station: 10.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rough MountainNW 319°2,148 m17.7 mi
Clover MountainNW 311°2,093 m18.4 mi
Bald MountainNW 315°1,966 m14.6 mi
Ant HillWNW 297°1,933 m18.6 mi
Crab Spring ButteWSW 259°1,915 m6.5 mi
Doyle MountainNNW 327°1,878 m21.9 mi
Big Springs ButteWSW 250°1,869 m17.2 mi
Turner ButteS 179°1,864 m12.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2019:57
June solstice06:0820:4421:26
September equinox07:3319:0619:44
December solstice08:1216:2917:15

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F354048546270787667554335
Precip in1.00.50.70.71.20.60.10.10.30.60.60.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bruneau, 28 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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