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Gold Hill

Gold Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Gold Hill rises to 1,123 m in Idaho. Bowl Butte stands 1,943 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Hanging Trees Historical Marker, a park 2.3 miles away. Gold Rush Historic Byway passes 1.8 miles off.

The story

mountain in Clearwater County, Idaho, United States of America

Wikidata Q49032104, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1123 m

How to reach it

Coordinates46.48685, -115.86014

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 17
  • Hanging Trees Historical Marker: 2.3 mi
  • Fraser Park: 11.3 mi
  • Small Park: 16.9 mi
  • Random Park/ Short Walking Trail: 17.6 mi
  • Sports Fields and Fairgrounds: 18.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Middle Elk Creek Falls: 22.8 mi
  • Lower Elk Creek Falls: 22.9 mi
  • Upper Elk Creek Falls: 22.9 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Button Beach: 23.1 mi
  • Pink House Beach: 23.3 mi
Springs: 1
Museums: 1
  • Clearwater Museum: 18.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Elk Creek Falls: 23.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Gold Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bowl ButteESE 104°1,943 m20.8 mi
Snowy SummitESE 105°1,843 m13.3 mi
Hemlock ButteE 95°1,836 m11.0 mi
Weitas ButteE 93°1,814 m19.4 mi
Elk MountainNE 48°1,770 m16.3 mi
Sheep MountainNNE 32°1,760 m24.2 mi
Little Weitas ButteE 97°1,736 m20.7 mi
Larch ButteENE 77°1,691 m16.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1618:56
June solstice04:5119:5420:41
September equinox06:3118:0318:43
December solstice07:2515:0816:00

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273035425057646354443326
Precip in5.54.14.44.03.83.31.31.01.63.44.95.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pierce, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 396566 — Gold Hill, Clearwater County, Idaho.

OpenStreetMap element node/358661911

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