Goat Mountain
Goat Mountain rises to 3,007 m in Idaho. Big Creek Peak stands 3,439 m to the south-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is East and West Peak, a peak 0.6 miles away. Sacajawea Historic Byway passes 5.4 miles off. 46 named places lie within 25 miles, 40 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Lemhi County, Idaho, United States of America
Wikidata Q49031800, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3007 m
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Sacajawea Historic Byway
- 10.5 mi off the Lewis and Clark Back Country Byway
- 20.4 mi off the Big Sheep Creek Back Country Byway
- 25.9 mi off the Salmon River Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Westward View · 11 mi
- Westward Overlook - Lemhi Pass CDT Access · 11 mi
46 named places within 25 miles
- East and West Peak: 0.6 mi
- Grizzly Hill: 4.6 mi
- Grizzly Hill: 5.8 mi
- Mineral Hill: 6.4 mi
- Ramsey Mountain: 7.8 mi
- Sacajawea Monument: 14.6 mi
- Fort Lemhi Monument: 14.8 mi
- The Most Distant Fountain: 10.2 mi
- Flag Unfurling Monument: 15.3 mi
- Red Point: 23.1 mi
- Goldbug Hot Springs: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Goat Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Creek Peak | SSW 192° | 3,439 m | 24.8 mi |
| Lem Peak | W 262° | 3,346 m | 21.1 mi |
| May Mountain | WSW 244° | 3,309 m | 21.5 mi |
| Gunsight Peak | SSW 194° | 3,302.508 m | 16.4 mi |
| Yellow Peak | S 191° | 3,292 m | 21.1 mi |
| Baldy Mountain | SE 132° | 3,280 m | 23.2 mi |
| Buffalo Skull Peak | SW 227° | 3,272.028 m | 16.8 mi |
| Mill Mountain | SW 228° | 3,271 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:08 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:39 | 21:24 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:09 | 16:08 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 17 | 21 | 31 | 39 | 47 | 54 | 62 | 61 | 52 | 40 | 28 | 17 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Leadore #2, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 396559 — Goat Mountain, Lemhi County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358661882
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