Dirty Head
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.
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Wikidata Q19881020, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1596 m
How to reach it
- 12.2 mi off the Pioneer Historic Byway, National
- 23.7 mi off the Logan Canyon Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- Flights of Learning: 20.8 mi
- Meet the Challenge: 22.5 mi
- Merlin J. Olsen Aggie All-American: 22.6 mi
- The Victorious American Doughboy: 22.8 mi
- Untitled: 22.9 mi
- 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
- 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
- Point Lookout: 21.3 mi
- Pleasant View Point: 23.6 mi
- Ouch Wall: 23.7 mi
- Question Wall: 23.8 mi
- Campsite 7: 23.8 mi
- Smithfield Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- SLC Bonfire Ring: 22.9 mi
- Green Canyon Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
- Tony Grove Day Use Area: 24.0 mi
- Second Dam Picnic Area: 24.9 mi
- Hirschi's Haunted Hollow: 11.7 mi
- Oneida County Fair & Rodeo: 14.2 mi
- Box Elder County Fairgrounds: 20.6 mi
- 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
- Oxkiller Wildlife Management Area: 16.7 mi
- Bud Phelps Wildlife Management Area: 20.7 mi
- Coldwater Canyon Wildlife Managment Area: 24.0 mi
- Washakie: 8.0 mi
- Blue Creek: 21.5 mi
- Cherry Creek Rest Area, I-15 Northbound: 9.4 mi
- Second Dam: 25.0 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naomi Peak | ESE 107° | 3,041 m | 22.0 mi |
| Cherry Peak | ESE 106° | 2,982 m | 20.8 mi |
| Mount Magog | ESE 105° | 2,972 m | 22.9 mi |
| Doubletop Mountain | E 95° | 2,970 m | 21.9 mi |
| Mount Gog | ESE 103° | 2,954 m | 22.7 mi |
| Mount Elmer | ESE 117° | 2,943 m | 23.0 mi |
| Mount Jardine | ESE 121° | 2,917 m | 23.0 mi |
| Wilderness Peak | E 84° | 2,876 m | 22.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:04 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:26 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:50 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 16:15 | 17:01 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 27 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 68 | 59 | 47 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Trenton, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356671913
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