Cat Creek Summit
Cat Creek Summit rises to 1,707 m in Idaho. Smoky Dome stands 3,077 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Packer Butte, a peak 1.2 miles away. Oregon Trail Back Country Byway passes 14 miles off. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Idaho, United States of America
Wikidata Q49018613, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1707.185 m
How to reach it
- 14.2 mi off the Oregon Trail Back Country Byway
71 named places within 25 miles
- Packer Butte: 1.2 mi
- Packer Butte: 1.5 mi
- Wood Creek Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Summit Benchmark: 5.3 mi
- Bennett Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Soldier Mountain Game Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Oregon Trail Historical Marker: 14.1 mi
- Community Garden: 21.7 mi
- Stone Tree Park: 22.0 mi
- East Side Park: 22.0 mi
- Big Bluff: 16.3 mi
- Big Bluff: 22.2 mi
- Windmill Bluff: 23.3 mi
- Mountain Home Historical Museum: 22.4 mi
- Glenns Ferry Historical Museum: 24.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 13.4 mi
- Community Wall: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cat Creek Summit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoky Dome | NE 55° | 3,076.956 m | 23.1 mi |
| North Smoky Dome | NE 55° | 3,028.798 m | 23.7 mi |
| Peak 9712 | NE 42° | 2,960 m | 21.0 mi |
| Third Peak | ENE 57° | 2,946.197 m | 23.5 mi |
| Iron Mountain | NE 40° | 2,942 m | 21.1 mi |
| Second Peak | ENE 58° | 2,904.439 m | 24.0 mi |
| Boardman Peak | NE 48° | 2,882 m | 21.6 mi |
| Trinity Mountain | NNW 344° | 2,880 m | 21.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:16 | 19:54 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:42 | 21:26 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:03 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 08:11 | 16:23 | 17:09 |
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 | 22 | 31 | 42 | 50 | 57 | 66 | 65 | 56 | 44 | 31 | 21 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hill City 1 W, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 379033 — Cat Creek Summit, Elmore County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358654822
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- Mountain Home · 22 mi
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