Big Creek Point
Big Creek Point rises to 2,711 m in Idaho. Rainbow Peak stands 2,842 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Profile Peak, a peak 0.7 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Valley County, Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49012388, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,710.59 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Profile Peak: 0.7 mi
- Willson Peak: 0.8 mi
- Crater Peak: 1.6 mi
- Quartz Ridge: 2.5 mi
- Moore Point: 2.6 mi
- Quartz Ridge: 5.0 mi
- McFadden Point: 11.3 mi
- Bear Creek Point: 12.6 mi
- Cox Point: 18.6 mi
- Rainbow Spring: 9.9 mi
- Soldier Spring: 18.2 mi
- Quartz Spring: 18.9 mi
- Kwiskwis Hot Spring: 19.9 mi
- The Outpost: 7.0 mi
- Yellow Pine Elementary School: 7.2 mi
- Buckskin Bill's Cabin: 24.2 mi
- Steamboat Summit: 19.0 mi
- Mile 15 Hot Spring: 19.0 mi
- B 23 Crash Site: 19.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Big Creek Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow Peak | ESE 122° | 2,842 m | 13.1 mi |
| Center Mountain | ENE 77° | 2,835 m | 11.6 mi |
| The Pinnacles | ESE 112° | 2,826 m | 5.8 mi |
| Murphy Peak | SE 139° | 2,816 m | 15.6 mi |
| Greeley Mountain | N 2° | 2,812 m | 2.7 mi |
| Mount Eldridge | NNE 21° | 2,803 m | 5.7 mi |
| Cougar Peak | E 95° | 2,780 m | 8.1 mi |
| Marble Mountain | ENE 73° | 2,778 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 04:56 | 19:48 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:02 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:14 | 16:03 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 28 | 35 | 42 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 66 | 57 | 45 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yellowpine, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 377494 — Big Creek Point, Valley County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358654270
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