Bitterroot Mountain
Bitterroot Mountain rises to 2,614 m in Idaho. Homer Youngs Peak stands 3,234 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Sheep Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Salmon River Scenic Byway passes 7.0 miles off. 63 named places lie within 25 miles, 49 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49013094, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,614 m
How to reach it
- 7.0 mi off the Salmon River Scenic Byway
- 22.4 mi off the Sacajawea Historic Byway
63 named places within 25 miles
- Sheep Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Eagle Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Pyramid Peak: 2.6 mi
- Morgan Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Jumbo Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Island Park: 22.3 mi
- Town Square Park: 22.4 mi
- Kid's Creek Park: 22.9 mi
- City Park: 22.9 mi
- Red Rock: 11.7 mi
- Newland Ranch Picnic Site: 11.9 mi
- Dead Water Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
- Lewis and Clark Monument: 9.6 mi
- Fire FIghter Memorial: 19.2 mi
- Lemhi County Fairgrounds: 18.9 mi
- Overwich Falls: 20.8 mi
- Marlin Spring: 22.5 mi
- Sacajawea Interpretive Center: 22.8 mi
- Leesburg: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bitterroot Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homer Youngs Peak | SSE 155° | 3,234 m | 13.7 mi |
| Sacajawea Peaks | SSE 161° | 3,154 m | 17.6 mi |
| Hirschy Mountain | SSE 152° | 3,134 m | 9.2 mi |
| Monument Peak | SSE 163° | 3,134 m | 16.5 mi |
| Freeman Peak | SSE 163° | 3,132 m | 15.7 mi |
| Center Mountain | SSE 159° | 3,113 m | 19.5 mi |
| Copperhead Peak | SSE 166° | 3,065 m | 13.4 mi |
| Ajax Peak | SSE 166° | 3,028 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:09 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 20:42 | 21:28 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:55 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 08:13 | 16:06 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 24 | 34 | 42 | 50 | 57 | 65 | 64 | 55 | 44 | 30 | 21 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gibbonsville #2, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 394844 — Bitterroot Mountain, Lemhi County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358660256
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