Big Creek Point
Big Creek Point rises to 2,341 m in Idaho. El Capitan stands 3,025 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Saddle Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Northwest Passage Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49012387, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,341 m
How to reach it
- 24.1 mi off the Northwest Passage Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Saddle Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Cove Peak: 3.3 mi
- Wahoo Peak: 3.5 mi
- Rock Point: 3.7 mi
- Footstool Point: 6.6 mi
- Tom Beal Park: 19.6 mi
- Denton Park: 19.7 mi
- Steve Powell Park: 19.9 mi
- River Park: 20.0 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 20.1 mi
- Poverty Slide: 5.5 mi
- Dead Elk Point: 6.4 mi
- Ohio Side: 7.2 mi
- Castle Crag: 14.4 mi
- Flathead Buttress: 15.5 mi
- Diablo Spring: 9.2 mi
- High Spring: 22.0 mi
- Parsons Spring: 22.2 mi
- Cold Springs: 24.9 mi
- Ravalli County Museum: 20.5 mi
- Historic Forest Service Museum: 21.8 mi
- Darby Pioneer Memorial Museum: 22.0 mi
- Jerry Johnson Hot Springs Big Pool: 24.2 mi
- Martin Hot Springs: 24.4 mi
- Stuart Hot Springs: 24.8 mi
- Canyon Falls: 13.1 mi
- Patsy Ann Falls: 16.2 mi
- Don Mackey Memorial: 16.9 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 20.9 mi
- Concretehenge: 21.0 mi
- The Wings: 21.0 mi
- Horsehead Arch: 14.2 mi
- Como Swimming Beach: 17.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Big Creek Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Capitan | SE 144° | 3,025 m | 14.6 mi |
| West Como Peak | SE 138° | 2,916 m | 16.3 mi |
| Middle Como Peak | SE 137° | 2,904 m | 16.5 mi |
| East Como Peak | SE 136° | 2,891 m | 16.8 mi |
| Whites Mountain | SE 133° | 2,791 m | 10.7 mi |
| Ward Mountain | E 92° | 2,776 m | 13.9 mi |
| Canyon Peak | ENE 67° | 2,775 m | 11.6 mi |
| Koch Mountain | SE 125° | 2,758 m | 12.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:42 | 18:11 | 18:51 |
| June solstice | 04:48 | 19:48 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:26 | 17:58 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:05 | 15:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 37 | 43 | 52 | 59 | 67 | 65 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hamilton, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358654274
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