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Blue Mountain

Blue Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Blue Mountain rises to 2,665 m in Idaho. Pavlos Peak stands 3,386 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Challis Fish Pond, a park 3.4 miles away. Salmon River Scenic Byway passes 2.4 miles off. 56 named places lie within 25 miles, 40 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2664.6 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.45952, -114.27390
Around it

56 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 40
Parks: 3
  • Challis Fish Pond: 3.4 mi
  • Central Park: 4.3 mi
  • Land of the Yankee Fork State Park & National Forest Historic Area: 5.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Artworks: 2
  • CHS: 4.0 mi
  • Painted Rock: 4.1 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Bruno Cabin Ruins: 5.9 mi
  • Parker Mill: 17.4 mi
Hot springs: 2
  • Challis Hot Springs: 6.6 mi
  • Show Bath Hot Springs: 19.7 mi
Cliffs: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Challis Bridge Recreation Site: 3.7 mi
Museums: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blue Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pavlos PeakESE 122°3,386.023 m22.5 mi
Grouse Creek MountainESE 110°3,378.7 m19.2 mi
McGowan PeakESE 117°3,266 m16.8 mi
White Mountain WestNW 306°3,183 m13.5 mi
Bald MountainSSW 208°3,139 m7.3 mi
White Valley MountainNW 322°3,040 m14.1 mi
Ramshorn MountainWSW 240°3,017 m4.7 mi
Mount GreylockW 263°3,001 m21.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1119:50
June solstice05:5320:4121:26
September equinox07:2518:5819:36
December solstice08:1116:1317:01

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202737445361696758453120
Precip in0.40.40.50.50.90.90.40.40.90.60.50.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Challis AP, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 377934 — Blue Mountain, Custer County, Idaho.

OpenStreetMap element node/358654456

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