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Massacre Rocks State Park

Massacre Rocks State Park from directly overhead

Massacre Rocks State Park is a park in Idaho, at a recorded elevation of 1,311 m. Deep Creek Peak stands 2,664 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Massacre Rocks, a peak 0.5 miles away. 40 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
1311 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.68102, -112.98305

40 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 27
Parks: 6
  • Powerhouse Fishing Access Site: 8.6 mi
  • Vard Meadows: 8.8 mi
  • Stebbins Park: 9.3 mi
  • City park: 9.7 mi
  • City park: 9.8 mi
Beaches: 4
Rest areas: 2
  • Westbound Rest Area & DOT Scale: 24.8 mi
  • Eastbound Rest Area & DOT Scale: 24.9 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Silver Horseshoe: 9.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deep Creek PeakSE 131°2,664 m22.1 mi
Bannock PeakESE 111°2,517 m15.0 mi
White Quartz MountainESE 112°2,356 m14.2 mi
Hartley PeakS 175°2,269 m18.9 mi
Cedar Creek PeakSSW 193°2,261 m16.6 mi
Moonshine PeakESE 110°2,202 m17.2 mi
Eagle PointSSW 200°1,992 m20.6 mi
Badger PeakSSW 204°1,956 m9.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5520:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice08:0016:1617:02

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263039465462717060483526
Precip in1.51.01.31.61.61.00.40.60.91.11.11.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Massacre Rocks SP, 1 mi away.

  • Common Sagebrush Lizard74 obs
  • Western Whiptail43 obs
  • showy milkweed42 obs
  • golden currant39 obs
  • Plains Pricklypear35 obs
  • Barn Swallow31 obs
  • American White Pelican30 obs
  • Western Grebe27 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/358651915

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