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Lucky Peak State Park

Lucky Peak State Park from directly overhead

Lucky Peak State Park is a park in Idaho, at a modelled elevation of 865 m. Rattlesnake Mountain stands 2,493 m to the east-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Sandy Point Beach, a beach less than a tenth of a mile away. Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway runs past it. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

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Coordinates43.53023, -116.05766
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Discovery Picnic Area: 0.5 mi
  • Barber Observation Point: 2.5 mi
  • Bonneville Monument Park: 2.8 mi
  • Bowler Park: 3.9 mi
  • Micron Park: 4.2 mi
Artworks
  • Boise B: 6.6 mi
  • Historic Interurban Trolley Mural: 8.0 mi
  • Summer in the Fields: 8.5 mi
  • A totem to winged power: 8.6 mi
  • Transmontane: 8.6 mi
Peaks: 57
  • Highland Mountain: 1.4 mi
  • Lucky Benchmark: 2.2 mi
  • Kodiak Peak: 2.3 mi
  • Bonneville Point: 2.8 mi
  • Lucky Peak: 5.2 mi
Historic sites: 33
Gardens: 20
  • Vegetable Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Foothills Grove: 7.1 mi
  • The Labyrinth: 7.1 mi
  • Lewis & Clark Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Dry Garden: 7.1 mi
Museums: 17
Nature reserves: 16
Attractions: 4
Beaches: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Blacks Creek Rest Area I-84 Westbound: 4.3 mi
  • Blacks Creek Rest Area I-84 Eastbound: 4.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Sheep Creek Bridge Hot Springs: 23.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake MountainENE 75°2,492.807 m24.8 mi
Shafer ButteN 355°2,308 m16.7 mi
Thorn Creek ButteNE 46°2,290.572 m21.3 mi
Bald MountainNE 46°2,279 m21.6 mi
Mores MountainN 355°2,202 m18.1 mi
Doe PointN 353°2,151 m15.6 mi
Deer PointN 352°2,150 m15.7 mi
Danskin PeakESE 112°2,039 m21.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4819:1919:57
June solstice06:0420:4621:30
September equinox07:3219:0619:43
December solstice08:1516:2417:11

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333744505966767566544132
Precip in2.01.21.51.51.91.10.30.30.51.01.42.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boise Lucky Peak DAM, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard59 obs
  • Antelope Bitterbrush37 obs
  • Mormon Cricket35 obs
  • Great Horned Owl34 obs
  • great mullein31 obs
  • Common Merganser27 obs
  • arrowleaf balsamroot27 obs
  • Bullock's Oriole26 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/468620402

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