Buckskin Mountain
Buckskin Mountain rises to 1,950 m in Idaho. Sherman Peak stands 2,954 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Petticoat Peak, a peak 4.7 miles away. Oregon Trail Bear Lake Scenic Byway passes 5.4 miles off. 57 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49016360, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,950 m
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Oregon Trail Bear Lake Scenic Byway
- 7.3 mi off the Pioneer Historic Byway, National
- 14.4 mi off the Oregon Trail-Bear Lake Scenic Byway
57 named places within 25 miles
- Petticoat Peak: 4.7 mi
- Twin Knobs: 5.8 mi
- Mount Moh: 6.5 mi
- Baldy Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Sedgwick Peak: 8.1 mi
- City Park: 6.7 mi
- Buddy Campbell Memorial Park: 7.4 mi
- Geyser Park: 13.9 mi
- Octagon Spring Park: 14.0 mi
- Corrigan Park: 14.0 mi
- Dempsey: 6.1 mi
- Chesterfield: 16.7 mi
- High Dive: 7.1 mi
- Formation springs nature preserve: 16.9 mi
- Soda Springs Geyser: 13.9 mi
- Hooper Spring: 14.3 mi
- Sunken Gardens: 6.7 mi
- The Bull: 7.0 mi
- Soda Point: 8.8 mi
- Red Rock Pass: 20.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buckskin Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman Peak | SE 124° | 2,954 m | 20.0 mi |
| Bonneville Peak | NW 305° | 2,812 m | 16.5 mi |
| Sedgwick Peak | SSW 198° | 2,789 m | 8.1 mi |
| Snow Peak | WNW 303° | 2,777 m | 15.9 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | WNW 297° | 2,748 m | 13.6 mi |
| South Putnam Mountain | NNW 327° | 2,724 m | 23.7 mi |
| Soda Peak | ESE 118° | 2,707 m | 14.4 mi |
| Scout Mountain | W 279° | 2,647 m | 24.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:03 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:27 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:49 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 16:12 | 16:58 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 27 | 36 | 44 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 67 | 58 | 46 | 34 | 24 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lava HOT Springs, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358654643
Day trips start here
- Lava Hot Springs · 7 mi
- Soda Springs · 14 mi
- Southeastern Idaho · 18 mi
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