Blue Hill
Blue Hill rises to 1,543 m in Idaho. Cache Peak stands 3,136 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Ibex Peak, a peak 8.2 miles away. City of Rocks Back Country Byway passes 8.8 miles off. 134 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Cassia County, Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49014348, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,543 m
How to reach it
- 8.8 mi off the City of Rocks Back Country Byway
- 9.9 mi off the California Trail Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
134 named places within 25 miles
- Finger Rock: 10.4 mi
- Go West: 10.6 mi
- Asian Wall: 10.8 mi
- Decadent Wall: 10.8 mi
- Breadloaves Corridor: 10.8 mi
- Ibex Peak: 8.2 mi
- Lbex Peak: 8.2 mi
- Twin Peaks: 9.3 mi
- Joes Mountain: 10.0 mi
- Willow Creek Peak: 10.4 mi
- Nammi’I Patezopai’i: 11.8 mi
- Pazi’I Patezopai’I: 13.3 mi
- Beatty Springs: 17.8 mi
- Porcupine Spring: 18.8 mi
- Chad Spring: 24.2 mi
- Almo Park: 13.3 mi
- Oakley City Park: 13.4 mi
- Castle Rocks State Park: 14.6 mi
- Goose Creek State Recreation Ground and Game Refuge: 16.0 mi
- Elba Park: 22.8 mi
- Juniper Group Campsite: 10.7 mi
- Stines Creek Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
- Window Arch: 11.2 mi
- Oakley Valley Historical Museum: 13.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blue Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cache Peak | ENE 57° | 3,136 m | 16.7 mi |
| Mount Independence | NE 53° | 3,010 m | 16.6 mi |
| Independence Mountain | NE 55° | 2,966 m | 16.6 mi |
| Mount Harrison | NE 39° | 2,745 m | 22.6 mi |
| Graham Peak | ENE 66° | 2,684 m | 12.2 mi |
| Pomerelle Peak | NE 43° | 2,671 m | 23.9 mi |
| Twin Peaks | SSE 156° | 2,549 m | 9.3 mi |
| Mahogany Peaks | ESE 124° | 2,540 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:11 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:33 | 21:16 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 18:58 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 08:01 | 16:23 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 34 | 42 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 72 | 71 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oakley, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 377910 — Blue Hill, Cassia County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358654449
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