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Dog Mountain

Dog Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Dog Mountain rises to 2,366 m in Idaho. Smoky Dome stands 3,077 m to the east, 21 miles off. Oregon Trail Back Country Byway passes 23 miles off.

The story

mountain in Idaho, United States of America

Wikidata Q49025222, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2365.858 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.52271, -115.35290

Named places within 25 miles

Hot springs: 8
  • Loftus Hot Spring: 18.8 mi
  • Vaughn Hot Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Smith Cabin Hot Spring: 19.0 mi
  • Ninemeyer Hot Springs: 19.4 mi
  • Sheep Creek Bridge Hot Springs: 19.4 mi
Parks: 2
  • Soldier Mountain Game Preserve: 15.0 mi
  • Oregon Trail Historical Marker: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Rattlesnake Spring: 23.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Dog Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Smoky DomeE 95°3,076.956 m21.0 mi
Two Point MountainNE 52°3,061 m23.9 mi
North Smoky DomeE 94°3,028.798 m21.4 mi
Ross PeakNE 50°2,970 m21.9 mi
Steel MountainN 7°2,965 m15.6 mi
Peak 9712E 88°2,960 m16.0 mi
Third PeakE 96°2,946.197 m21.9 mi
Iron MountainE 86°2,942 m15.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:1619:54
June solstice06:0120:4321:27
September equinox07:2919:0319:41
December solstice08:1216:2217:09

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192231425057666556443121
Precip in2.11.21.21.21.30.80.50.20.51.11.32.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hill City 1 W, 21 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 380694 — Dog Mountain, Elmore County, Idaho.

OpenStreetMap element node/13255258107

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