Dog Mountain
Dog Mountain rises to 2,343 m in Idaho. Smoky Dome stands 3,077 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Mountain, a peak 3.6 miles away. 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
- 2,343 m
How to reach it
- 23.5 mi off the Oregon Trail Back Country Byway
- 30.9 mi off the Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Trinity Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Sprout Mountain: 9.0 mi
- House Mountain: 9.3 mi
- Grouse Butte: 10.0 mi
- Loftus Hot Spring: 19.2 mi
- Vaughn Hot Spring: 19.3 mi
- Smith Cabin Hot Spring: 19.4 mi
- Ninemeyer Hot Springs: 19.8 mi
- Sheep Creek Bridge Hot Springs: 19.9 mi
- Rocky Bar: 12.1 mi
- Soldier Mountain Game Preserve: 14.7 mi
- Big Bluff: 21.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Dog Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoky Dome | E 95° | 3,077 m | 20.6 mi |
| Two Point Mountain | NE 51° | 3,061 m | 23.8 mi |
| North Smoky Dome | E 93° | 3,029 m | 21.0 mi |
| Ross Peak | NE 49° | 2,970 m | 21.8 mi |
| Steel Mountain | N 5° | 2,965 m | 15.8 mi |
| Peak 9712 | E 87° | 2,960 m | 15.7 mi |
| Third Peak | E 96° | 2,946 m | 21.5 mi |
| Iron Mountain | E 85° | 2,942 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:16 | 19:54 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:43 | 21:27 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:03 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 08:12 | 16:22 | 17:09 |
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 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 42 | 50 | 57 | 66 | 65 | 56 | 44 | 31 | 21 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.7 |
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/358655376
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