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Dirty Head

Dirty Head, seen from above at true elevation

Dirty Head rises to 1,596 m in Idaho. Naomi Peak stands 3,041 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Sheep Dip Mountain, a peak 3.9 miles away. Pioneer Historic Byway passes 12 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

Dirty Head is a summit in Franklin County, Idaho and Cache County, Utah, in the United States. With an elevation of 5,236 feet (1,596 m), Dirty Head is the 1933rd highest summit in the state of Idaho.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q19881020, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1596 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.00520, -112.08551

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Trenton park: 9.5 mi
  • Craner Recreational Complex: 12.4 mi
  • Benson Park: 12.5 mi
  • Sugar Park: 14.5 mi
  • Franklin City Park: 14.7 mi
Peaks: 53
  • Sheep Dip Mountain: 3.9 mi
  • Sheep Dip Mountain: 4.0 mi
  • Bergeson Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Big Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Clarkston Mountain: 5.4 mi
Springs: 11
  • Peai Paatetsopai'i: 11.2 mi
  • Ballantine Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Walter Ahern Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Tom Muir Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Red Ledge Spring: 21.7 mi
Historic sites: 10
  • Martin Harris Memorial Burial Site: 5.6 mi
  • Franklin County World War II Memorial: 12.3 mi
  • Bear River Massacre Interpretive Center: 13.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 15.3 mi
  • Mendon War Memorial: 21.0 mi
Cliffs: 8
Picnic sites: 5
Attractions: 3
  • Hirschi's Haunted Hollow: 11.7 mi
  • Oneida County Fair & Rodeo: 14.2 mi
  • Box Elder County Fairgrounds: 20.6 mi
Museums: 3
  • Oneida Pioneer Museum: 15.0 mi
  • Bear River Valley Museum: 20.7 mi
  • Cache Valley DUP (Daughters of the Utah Pioneers) Museum: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
Gardens: 2
  • Hope Community Garden: 21.6 mi
  • Permaculture Garden: 23.1 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Naomi PeakESE 107°3,041 m22.0 mi
Cherry PeakESE 106°2,982 m20.8 mi
Mount MagogESE 105°2,972 m22.9 mi
Doubletop MountainE 95°2,970 m21.9 mi
Mount GogESE 103°2,954 m22.7 mi
Mount ElmerESE 117°2,943 m23.0 mi
Mount JardineESE 121°2,917 m23.0 mi
Wilderness PeakE 84°2,876 m22.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0419:41
June solstice05:5420:2621:08
September equinox07:1618:5019:27
December solstice07:5416:1517:01

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222738455462706859473524
Precip in1.51.41.72.02.21.20.60.81.31.51.31.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Trenton, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356671913

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