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KECH-FM (Sun Valley)

KECH-FM (Sun Valley) from directly overhead

KECH-FM (Sun Valley) is a historic site in Idaho, at a modelled elevation of 2,741 m. Hyndman Peak stands 3,660 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Sawtooth Scenic Byway passes 2.2 miles off.

The story

Radio station in Sun Valley–Twin Falls, Idaho

Dates from 1988.

Wikidata Q6328327, matched on coordinates and name (68 m apart).

What the record says

Elevation
9034 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.66157, -114.40283

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 20
  • Ketchum Bike Park: 2.1 mi
  • Forest Service Park: 2.3 mi
  • Rotary Park: 2.3 mi
  • Knob Hill Natural Area: 2.4 mi
  • Town Square: 2.4 mi
Springs: 4
  • Frenchman’s Bend Hot Springs: 4.6 mi
  • Russian John Warm Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Clay Bank Spring: 24.5 mi
  • Martin Spring: 24.7 mi
Cliffs: 2
Museums: 1
  • Sun Valley Museum of Art: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Hemingway/Northwood Natural Area: 2.5 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Sawtooth Botanical Garden: 3.4 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Hemingway Memorial: 4.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Timmerman Rest Area: 23.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Timmerman Rest Area: 23.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of KECH-FM (Sun Valley). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hyndman PeakENE 66°3,660.038 m14.9 mi
Goat MountainENE 59°3,631.082 m15.2 mi
The Devils Bedstead EastNE 53°3,616.452 m15.7 mi
Duncan RidgeENE 64°3,582.924 m14.8 mi
Kent PeakN 1°3,555.187 m15.9 mi
Old Hyndman PeakENE 69°3,549 m15.3 mi
Salzburger SpitzlENE 57°3,541.776 m14.5 mi
Cobb PeakENE 71°3,512 m14.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1219:50
June solstice05:5720:4021:23
September equinox07:2618:5919:37
December solstice08:0916:1717:04

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202331394855636153422920
Precip in2.31.91.81.21.81.30.60.51.01.41.22.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ketchum RS, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358668626

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