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Blue Hill

Blue Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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 Lbex Peak, a peak 8.2 miles away. City of Rocks Back Country Byway passes 8.8 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in Cassia County, Idaho, United States of America

Wikidata Q49014348, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1543 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.05297, -113.93474

Named places within 25 miles

Cliffs
  • 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
Peaks: 59
  • Lbex Peak: 8.2 mi
  • Ibex Peak: 8.2 mi
  • Twin Peaks: 9.3 mi
  • Twin Peaks: 9.5 mi
  • Joes Mountain: 10.0 mi
Springs: 8
Parks: 5
  • 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
Picnic sites: 2
Attractions: 1
  • Window Arch: 11.2 mi
Museums: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cache PeakENE 57°3,136 m16.7 mi
Mount IndependenceNE 53°3,010 m16.6 mi
Independence MountainNE 55°2,966 m16.6 mi
Mount HarrisonNE 39°2,745 m22.6 mi
Graham PeakENE 66°2,684 m12.2 mi
Pomerelle PeakNE 43°2,670.658 m23.9 mi
Twin PeaksSSE 157°2,564 m9.5 mi
Twin PeaksSSE 156°2,549 m9.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1119:48
June solstice06:0120:3321:16
September equinox07:2418:5819:35
December solstice08:0116:2317:08

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313442475563727162513930
Precip in0.80.71.11.52.11.10.70.71.10.90.80.8

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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