Dry Buck Mountain
Dry Buck Mountain rises to 1,870 m in Idaho. Granite Peak stands 2,506 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Cook Knob, a peak 1.4 miles away. Payette River Scenic Byway passes 1.9 miles off. 70 named places lie within 25 miles, 51 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Idaho, United States of America
Wikidata Q49025870, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1870 m
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Payette River Scenic Byway, National
- 3.5 mi off the Wildlife Canyon Scenic Byway
- 14.6 mi off the Lower Payette River Heritage Scenic Byway
- 26.0 mi off the Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway
70 named places within 25 miles
- Cook Knob: 1.4 mi
- Fletcher Butte: 5.0 mi
- Garden Benchmark: 5.8 mi
- Ola Summit: 6.5 mi
- Timber Butte: 7.2 mi
- Weilmunster Park: 9.1 mi
- Jim Thorton Plaza: 16.4 mi
- Montour Park Campground: 16.7 mi
- Grimes Monument: 17.0 mi
- Black Canyon Park: 19.2 mi
- Skinny Dipper's Hot Springs: 5.6 mi
- Silver Crrek Plunge Pool: 22.3 mi
- Pine Flats Hot Springs: 23.6 mi
- Baird Cabin: 7.7 mi
- Gem County Veteran's Monument and Tank: 24.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 21.3 mi
- Big Falls: 21.8 mi
- Waterwheel Gardens: 22.1 mi
- Gem County Museum: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dry Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Peak | N 2° | 2,506 m | 20.5 mi |
| Snowbank Mountain | N 3° | 2,489 m | 22.4 mi |
| Scott Mountain | ENE 78° | 2,486 m | 18.5 mi |
| Tripod Peak | N 4° | 2,459 m | 17.8 mi |
| Collier Peak | N 5° | 2,430 m | 23.0 mi |
| Wilson Peak | N 359° | 2,397 m | 22.8 mi |
| Wilson Peak | ESE 119° | 2,382 m | 22.9 mi |
| Gabes Peak | N 359° | 2,332 m | 21.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:19 | 19:57 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:48 | 21:32 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:06 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 08:17 | 16:22 | 17:10 |
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 | 27 | 32 | 40 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 72 | 70 | 60 | 47 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OLA, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358655416
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