Chinook Mountain
Chinook Mountain rises to 2,762 m in Idaho. Big Baldy stands 2,951 m to the east-northeast, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Mountain, a peak 2.7 miles away. Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49020446, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,762 m
How to reach it
- 25.0 mi off the Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Lake Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Trapper Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Chilcoot Peak: 4.3 mi
- Pistol Rock: 4.3 mi
- Little Baldy: 4.7 mi
- Sunflower Hot Springs: 17.6 mi
- Molly's Tub: 18.2 mi
- Mile 15 Hot Spring: 18.7 mi
- Vulcan Hot Springs: 20.4 mi
- Trail Creek Hot Springs: 20.8 mi
- Cox Point: 13.3 mi
- Quartz Ridge: 18.5 mi
- Feltham Creek Point: 24.3 mi
- Kwiskwis Hot Spring: 9.6 mi
- Rainbow Spring: 21.7 mi
- Yellow Pine Elementary School: 17.3 mi
- The Outpost: 17.4 mi
- Dagger Falls: 14.4 mi
- Deadwood Outfitters Lodge: 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Chinook Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Baldy | ENE 62° | 2,951 m | 7.4 mi |
| Red Peak Benchmark | NE 37° | 2,917 m | 11.7 mi |
| Red Peak | NE 42° | 2,886 m | 12.0 mi |
| Ruffneck Peak | SSE 151° | 2,855 m | 19.8 mi |
| Rainbow Peak | NNE 21° | 2,842 m | 17.0 mi |
| Red Ridge | NE 42° | 2,841 m | 14.5 mi |
| Artillery Dome | ESE 121° | 2,833 m | 7.8 mi |
| Langer Peak | SE 146° | 2,817 m | 20.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:15 | 19:54 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:46 | 21:31 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 08:16 | 16:16 | 17:04 |
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 | 25 | 29 | 37 | 44 | 52 | 60 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 46 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Middle Fork Lodge, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358654948
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