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Dryden Peak

Dryden Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Dryden Peak rises to 1,710 m in Idaho. Slacks Mountain stands 2,219 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Piute Butte, a peak 0.8 miles away. Snake River Canyon Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

The story

mountain in Idaho, United States of America

Wikidata Q49025992, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1710 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.31773, -116.87457

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 39
  • Marsing Island Park: 16.2 mi
  • Lake Lowell Park: 20.2 mi
  • Lower Dam Recreation Area--Deer Flat NWR: 20.3 mi
  • Mallard Park: 21.1 mi
  • Fall River Park: 21.3 mi
Springs: 7
  • Horse Trap Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Meadowlark Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Tiddie Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Briar Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Black Horse Spring: 17.4 mi
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Museums: 3
  • Owyhee County Historical Society Museum and Library: 17.7 mi
  • Melba Valley Museum: 17.8 mi
  • Nampa Train Depot Museum and Interpretive Center: 24.0 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Wees Bar Petroglyphs: 22.4 mi
  • Benjamin Priest Ranch: 23.6 mi
  • Nampa Christian Field: 23.7 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Tate's Rents: 21.6 mi
  • Rose Garden: 24.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Givens Hot Springs: 10.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
Attractions: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • Wilson Springs: 22.0 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Jesus Christ: 23.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Dryden Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slacks MountainSSE 158°2,219 m18.3 mi
Twin PeaksS 176°2,142 m16.0 mi
Tennessee MountainSSE 166°2,129 m18.8 mi
Glass HillSSE 164°2,074 m17.8 mi
Puhitempi KuaikateteS 188°2,051 m3.8 mi
Black MountainSSE 148°2,015 m15.4 mi
Mahogany MountainWSW 254°1,985 m20.0 mi
Little Sugar LoafSSE 151°1,946 m17.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5219:2220:00
June solstice06:0820:4821:32
September equinox07:3619:0919:47
December solstice08:1716:2917:15

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303340455461706960483629
Precip in1.10.81.00.91.40.80.30.30.40.70.91.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reynolds, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358650791

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