Borah Peak
Borah Peak rises to 3,861 m in Idaho. Leatherman Peak stands 3,727 m to the south-southeast, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is The Nose, a cliff 0.6 miles away. Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway passes 4.5 miles off.
The story
Borah Peak, also known as Mount Borah or Beauty Peak, is a mountain in the western United States and the highest summit in Idaho. One of the most prominent peaks in the contiguous United States, it is located in central Idaho in the central section of the Lost River Range, within the Challis National Forest in eastern Custer County. On February 11, 2021, the USGS officially recognized Mt. Borah as Idaho's only active glacier.
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Wikidata Q893312, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,860.5968 m
How to reach it
- 4.5 mi off the Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway
- 27.8 mi off the Salmon River Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Sacajawea Peak: 1.0 mi
- Mount Idaho: 2.2 mi
- Mount Morrison: 2.7 mi
- White Cap Peak: 3.9 mi
- Leatherman Peak: 4.5 mi
- Birch Springs: 2.8 mi
- Pia Soko Patezopai’I: 8.4 mi
- Barney Hot Spring: 18.7 mi
- Baiya Patezopai’I: 19.1 mi
- The Nose: 0.6 mi
- Bartlett Point: 11.6 mi
- Iron Creek Point: 22.2 mi
- Earthquake Interpretive Site: 4.7 mi
- Custer County Fair Grounds: 17.5 mi
- City of Mackay Tourist Park: 17.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Borah Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leatherman Peak | SSE 148° | 3,727 m | 4.5 mi |
| Mount Church | SE 146° | 3,725 m | 6.0 mi |
| Mount Breitenbach | SE 133° | 3,700 m | 7.3 mi |
| Lost River Mountain | SE 136° | 3,681 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Idaho | S 176° | 3,677 m | 2.2 mi |
| Donaldson Peak | SE 142° | 3,665 m | 6.5 mi |
| USGS Peak | SE 131° | 3,652 m | 13.1 mi |
| Bad Rock | SSE 148° | 3,643 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:10 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:38 | 21:23 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:08 | 16:12 | 17:00 |
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 | 19 | 22 | 32 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 63 | 54 | 43 | 29 | 19 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chilly Barton Flat, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 378037 — Borah Peak, Custer County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/3101308857
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