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Cook Knob

Cook Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Cook Knob rises to 1,973 m in Idaho. Granite Peak stands 2,506 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Dry Buck Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Payette River Scenic Byway passes 1.6 miles off. 65 named places lie within 25 miles, 51 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Idaho, United States of America

Wikidata Q49021801, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1973 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.14656, -116.14818

65 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 51
Parks: 7
  • Weilmunster Park: 9.1 mi
  • Jim Thorton Plaza: 17.3 mi
  • Grimes Monument: 17.3 mi
  • Montour Park Campground: 18.0 mi
  • Black Canyon Park: 20.3 mi
Hot springs: 3
  • Skinny Dipper's Hot Springs: 6.1 mi
  • Silver Crrek Plunge Pool: 21.3 mi
  • Pine Flats Hot Springs: 23.6 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Baird Cabin: 7.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Big Falls: 21.8 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Waterwheel Gardens: 23.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cook Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Granite PeakN 1°2,506 m19.2 mi
Snowbank MountainN 3°2,489 m21.1 mi
Scott MountainE 82°2,486 m18.0 mi
Tripod PeakN 3°2,459 m16.4 mi
Collier PeakN 5°2,430 m21.6 mi
Wilson PeakN 359°2,397 m21.5 mi
Wilson PeakESE 122°2,382 m23.3 mi
East MountainNE 34°2,361.59 m24.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:1919:57
June solstice06:0220:4821:32
September equinox07:3319:0619:44
December solstice08:1716:2217:10

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273240465563727060473527
Precip in3.42.32.32.02.21.20.40.30.51.62.33.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OLA, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358665566

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