Castle Peak
Castle Peak rises to 3,340 m in Idaho. Borah Peak stands 3,861 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is USGS Peak, a peak 1.4 miles away. Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway passes 6.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Custer County, Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49018472, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,339.7 m
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- USGS Peak: 1.4 mi
- Far Away Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Mount McCaleb: 2.6 mi
- Paragon Peak: 2.7 mi
- Little Mac: 2.7 mi
- Pia Soko Patezopai’I: 10.9 mi
- Baiya Patezopai’I: 11.6 mi
- Birch Springs: 14.1 mi
- Barney Hot Spring: 17.9 mi
- The Nose: 11.8 mi
- Bartlett Point: 18.0 mi
- Iron Creek Point: 24.5 mi
- City of Mackay Tourist Park: 8.4 mi
- Moore City Park: 23.4 mi
- Custer County Fair Grounds: 8.5 mi
- Earthquake Interpretive Site: 16.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Castle Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borah Peak | NW 308° | 3,861 m | 11.9 mi |
| Leatherman Peak | WNW 297° | 3,727 m | 7.9 mi |
| Mount Church | WNW 292° | 3,725 m | 6.5 mi |
| Mount Breitenbach | WNW 300° | 3,700 m | 4.7 mi |
| Lost River Mountain | WNW 283° | 3,681 m | 3.2 mi |
| Mount Idaho | WNW 299° | 3,677 m | 10.6 mi |
| Donaldson Peak | WNW 293° | 3,665 m | 5.9 mi |
| USGS Peak | SSE 159° | 3,652 m | 1.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:09 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:37 | 21:22 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:07 | 16:12 | 17:00 |
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 | 19 | 23 | 33 | 42 | 51 | 58 | 67 | 65 | 56 | 44 | 30 | 19 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mackay Lost RVR RS, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358661469
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