Chinese Peak
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Chinese Peak rises to 2,065 m in Idaho. Bonneville Peak stands 2,812 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Constitution Park, a park 2.3 miles away. Oregon Trail Bear Lake Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Chinese Peak is a summit in Bannock County, Idaho, in the United States. This peak is the highest point in the portion of the Portneuf Range called the Pocatello Range. With an elevation of 6,791 feet (2,070 m), Chinese Peak is the 1069th highest summit in the state of Idaho. The peak is a fire lookout site and a road/bike trail leads to the top. Formerly called Chinks Peak, the summit was named for a Chinese man who died near the summit in the 1890s. Following controversy over the use of ethnic slur "chink", the name was officially changed by the Geographic Names Information System in 2001.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q19864532, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2065 m
How to reach it
- 15.0 mi off the Oregon Trail Bear Lake Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Constitution Park: 2.3 mi
- Restlawn Memorial Gardens: 2.7 mi
- Edson Fichter Nature Area: 2.8 mi
- Bannock County Historical Complex: 2.9 mi
- Rose Garden Park: 2.9 mi
- Camelback Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Red Hill: 3.5 mi
- Moonlight Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Wild Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Kinport Peak: 6.9 mi
- Bannock County Historical Museum: 2.9 mi
- Museum of Clean: 4.1 mi
- Pocatello Model Railroad and Historical Society: 4.3 mi
- Historic Downtown Pocatello: 4.7 mi
- Bingham County Historical Museum: 23.5 mi
- The ISU "I": 3.5 mi
- OriginStreetAddressesPocatello: 4.5 mi
- McDougall Field: 10.2 mi
- Cami: 24.7 mi
- Wheatgrass Bench: 15.2 mi
- Compressor Station Bench: 17.4 mi
- Bronco Beach: 17.6 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 18.0 mi
- Chesterfield: 23.4 mi
- Dempsey: 24.3 mi
- High Dive: 23.6 mi
- Eastern Idaho State Fair: 24.1 mi
- The Bull: 23.8 mi
- Sunken Gardens: 24.1 mi
- The Butterfly Haven: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chinese Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonneville Peak | ESE 118° | 2,812 m | 12.7 mi |
| Snow Peak | ESE 120° | 2,777 m | 13.3 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | SE 126° | 2,748 m | 15.6 mi |
| South Putnam Mountain | ENE 69° | 2,724 m | 12.6 mi |
| Mount Putnam | NE 54° | 2,685 m | 12.3 mi |
| Scout Mountain | S 176° | 2,647 m | 11.8 mi |
| Old Tom Mountain | S 172° | 2,638 m | 15.7 mi |
| Bannock Peak | SW 226° | 2,517 m | 24.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:29 | 21:12 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:51 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:58 | 16:13 | 16:59 |
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 | 28 | 31 | 40 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 72 | 62 | 49 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pocatello 2 NE, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 399827 — Chinese Peak, Bannock County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358666080
Day trips start here
- Pocatello · 5 mi
- Southeastern Idaho · 11 mi
- Lava Hot Springs · 24 mi
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