Big Peak
Big Peak rises to 3,049 m in Idaho. Glassford Peak stands 3,536 m to the northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Baker Peak, a peak 2.4 miles away. Sawtooth Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Big Peak, at 10,047 feet (3,062 m) above sea level a peak in the Smoky Mountains of Idaho. The peak is located in Sawtooth National Forest in Camas County about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Baker Peak.
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Wikidata Q4906108, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,049 m
How to reach it
- 11.5 mi off the Sawtooth Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Galena Summit Overlook · 14 mi
- Bethine & Frank Church Overlook · 14 mi
- Chairlift Swing · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Baker Peak: 2.4 mi
- Skillern Peak: 4.6 mi
- Dollarhide Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Shaw Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Dollarhide Summit: 5.7 mi
- Baker Creek Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Rotary Park: 17.8 mi
- Ketchum Bike Park: 17.9 mi
- Knob Hill Natural Area: 18.1 mi
- Forest Service Park: 18.2 mi
- KECH-FM (Sun Valley): 16.3 mi
- Hemingway Memorial: 19.6 mi
- Alice-Toxaway Divide: 22.2 mi
- Atlanta Hot Springs: 21.5 mi
- Greylock Hot Spring: 21.5 mi
- Chattanooga Hot Spring: 21.8 mi
- Elk Point: 7.1 mi
- Crown Point: 15.3 mi
- Russian John Warm Spring: 11.8 mi
- Frenchman’s Bend Hot Springs: 12.0 mi
- Hemingway/Northwood Natural Area: 17.8 mi
- Sun Valley Museum of Art: 18.1 mi
- Sawtooth Botanical Garden: 18.9 mi
- Pettit Lake Day Use Area: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Big Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glassford Peak | NE 36° | 3,536 m | 20.8 mi |
| Galena Peak | NNE 22° | 3,387 m | 16.5 mi |
| Easley Peak | NNE 30° | 3,375 m | 14.6 mi |
| Silver Peak | NE 38° | 3,342 m | 15.5 mi |
| Boulder Peak | NE 43° | 3,334 m | 15.4 mi |
| Saviers Peak | N 4° | 3,182 m | 10.6 mi |
| Norton Peak | NNE 30° | 3,146 m | 7.4 mi |
| Perfect Peak | NNW 328° | 3,130 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:14 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:41 | 21:25 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 08:10 | 16:18 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 23 | 31 | 39 | 48 | 55 | 63 | 61 | 53 | 42 | 29 | 20 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ketchum RS, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 377573 — Big Peak, Camas County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358654314
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