Battleaxe Mountain
Battleaxe Mountain rises to 2,804 m in Idaho. Big Baldy stands 2,951 m to the southwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Peak, a peak 2.3 miles away. Salmon River Scenic Byway passes 42 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49011117, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,804 m
How to reach it
- 42.3 mi off the Salmon River Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Peak: 2.3 mi
- Red Ridge: 3.2 mi
- Red Peak Benchmark: 3.3 mi
- Grays Peak: 4.2 mi
- Big Baldy: 5.3 mi
- Sunflower Hot Springs: 10.9 mi
- Cox Hot Springs: 14.9 mi
- Loon Creek Hot Spring: 17.2 mi
- Hospital Hot Spring: 17.6 mi
- Owen Cabin Hot Spring: 24.2 mi
- Cox Point: 2.9 mi
- Quartz Ridge: 17.9 mi
- Aparejo Point: 21.4 mi
- McFadden Point: 24.0 mi
- Feltham Creek Point: 24.6 mi
- Kwiskwis Hot Spring: 3.3 mi
- Warm Spring: 23.1 mi
- Yellow Pine Elementary School: 18.8 mi
- The Outpost: 18.8 mi
- Dagger Falls: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Battleaxe Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Baldy | SW 219° | 2,951 m | 5.3 mi |
| Red Peak Benchmark | WNW 302° | 2,917 m | 3.3 mi |
| Mormon Mountain | NE 48° | 2,902 m | 17.8 mi |
| Red Peak | NW 306° | 2,886 m | 2.3 mi |
| Shellrock Peak | NE 53° | 2,855 m | 13.1 mi |
| Two Point Peak | NE 50° | 2,855 m | 15.8 mi |
| Rainbow Peak | NNW 336° | 2,842 m | 9.2 mi |
| Red Ridge | N 357° | 2,841 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:15 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:46 | 21:31 |
| September equinox | 07:28 | 19:01 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 08:16 | 16:14 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 29 | 37 | 44 | 52 | 60 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 46 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Middle Fork Lodge, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358661160
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