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Emile Grandjean

Emile Grandjean from directly overhead

Emile Grandjean is a historic site in Idaho, at a modelled elevation of 1,574 m. Thompson Peak stands 3,256 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is South Fork Payette River Game Preserve, a park 2.1 miles away. Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway runs past it.

What the record says

Material
wood
Inscription
An immigrant from Denmark where he had studied forestry, he came to this part of Idaho in 1883 to mine, hunt and trap. Before Idaho became a state in 1890, he built a winter cabin below Grandjean Peak on a site later occupied by Grandjean Ranger Station.

How to reach it

Coordinates44.17346, -115.24987

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Mount Zumwalt: 3.0 mi
  • Eightmile Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • Spring Benchmark: 5.4 mi
  • 2831.592: 5.6 mi
  • Tenmile Ridge: 6.2 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Grandjean Creek Waterfall: 4.1 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Lady Face Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Baron Creek Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Fern Falls: 12.5 mi
Hot springs: 4
  • Bonneville Hot Springs: 3.4 mi
  • Kirkham Hot Springs: 16.2 mi
  • Kirkham Hot Springs: 16.2 mi
  • Pine Flats Hot Springs: 23.1 mi
Parks: 2
  • South Fork Payette River Game Preserve: 2.1 mi
  • Stanley Park: 15.7 mi
Springs: 2
  • Sacajawea Hot Springs: 3.7 mi
  • Taylor Spring: 8.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Banner Summit: 9.2 mi
  • Bench Creek Rest Area: 10.1 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Baring Divide: 13.2 mi
  • Alice-Toxaway Divide: 21.5 mi
Museums: 2
  • Stanley Museum: 16.2 mi
  • Stanley Museum: 16.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Emile Grandjean. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Thompson PeakE 100°3,256 m12.1 mi
Mickey's SpireESE 102°3,255 m12.0 mi
Williams PeakE 97°3,241 m12.2 mi
Mount CarterESE 101°3,228 m11.7 mi
Horstmann PeakESE 109°3,191.256 m13.0 mi
Mount LimbertESE 104°3,165 m11.5 mi
Moolack MountainESE 107°3,150 m10.4 mi
Mount IowaESE 111°3,148 m13.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:1519:54
June solstice05:5820:4421:29
September equinox07:2919:0219:40
December solstice08:1416:1817:06

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F111626344350575648372411
Precip in1.81.42.01.71.71.50.60.61.01.62.02.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stanley, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10115778152

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