Montpelier Wildlife Management Area
Montpelier Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Idaho, at a modelled elevation of 2,048 m. Meade Peak stands 3,305 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Scout's Monument, a historic site 0.9 miles away. Oregon Trail-Bear Lake Scenic Byway passes 2.1 miles off. 62 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Idaho Department of Fish and Game
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Oregon Trail-Bear Lake Scenic Byway
- 2.1 mi off the Oregon Trail Bear Lake Scenic Byway
- 23.2 mi off the Pioneer Historic Byway, National
- 20.8 mi off the Big Spring Scenic Backway
62 named places within 25 miles
- M Hill: 1.8 mi
- Fox Point: 3.1 mi
- Bald Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Geneva Summit: 6.0 mi
- Shale Point: 6.8 mi
- Alinger Park: 2.0 mi
- Bear Lake County Fairgrounds: 2.0 mi
- Stock Park: 2.1 mi
- Adam's Park: 2.6 mi
- Heritage Park: 2.7 mi
- Fox Spring: 3.7 mi
- Nieber Spring: 13.6 mi
- Rock Spring: 15.8 mi
- Spring Salt: 17.5 mi
- Willow Flat Natural Spring: 22.7 mi
- Scout's Monument: 0.9 mi
- M Hill: 1.9 mi
- Pat Hollow Crash Site: 24.5 mi
- Allred Flat Group Picnic Site: 18.6 mi
- Sage Springs Day Use Area: 21.5 mi
- Hobble Creek Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
- The National Oregon / California Trail Center: 2.1 mi
- Butch Cassidy Bank Robery Museum: 2.7 mi
- Outdoor Classroom: 2.4 mi
- Snowside Point: 6.4 mi
- Minnetonka Cave Tour: 21.5 mi
- Cisco Beach: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Montpelier Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meade Peak | N 2° | 3,305 m | 11.5 mi |
| Sherman Peak | WNW 302° | 2,954 m | 17.6 mi |
| Paris Peak | WSW 240° | 2,908 m | 17.3 mi |
| Midnight Mountain | WSW 256° | 2,849 m | 16.6 mi |
| Sublette Mountain | ESE 112° | 2,830 m | 13.9 mi |
| Bloomington Peak | WSW 237° | 2,826 m | 20.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | N 3° | 2,818 m | 5.4 mi |
| Threemile Peak | N 352° | 2,809 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:00 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:23 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 16:11 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 64 | 55 | 43 | 31 | 20 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bern, 7 mi away.
- quaking aspen5 obs
- fireweed5 obs
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird4 obs
- chokecherry3 obs
- common dandelion2 obs
- Douglas-fir2 obs
- Hoary Comma2 obs
- creeping thistle2 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1008978355
Day trips start here
- Garden City · 27 mi
- Soda Springs · 29 mi
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