Granite Mountain
Granite Mountain rises to 2,160 m in Idaho. Glens Peak stands 3,065 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Grand Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Elmore County, Idaho, United States of America; geonames ID = 5594507.
Wikidata Q49032758, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,160 m
How to reach it
- 11.6 mi off the Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway
- 17.4 mi off the Wildlife Canyon Scenic Byway
- 30.0 mi off the Sawtooth Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Grand Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Swanholm Peak: 4.7 mi
- West Warrior Peak: 5.8 mi
- Goat Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Silver Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Ninemeyer Hot Springs: 11.2 mi
- Vaughn Hot Spring: 12.5 mi
- Loftus Hot Spring: 13.9 mi
- Smith Cabin Hot Spring: 14.6 mi
- Kirkham Hot Springs: 15.2 mi
- Fern Falls: 19.6 mi
- Big Falls: 20.3 mi
- Smith Falls: 20.6 mi
- Grandjean Creek Waterfall: 23.5 mi
- Baron Creek Falls: 24.6 mi
- The Ribbon Tree: 21.0 mi
- The Pioneer Fire of 2016: 21.0 mi
- Emile Grandjean: 22.3 mi
- Alice-Toxaway Divide: 23.3 mi
- Baring Divide: 24.1 mi
- South Fork Payette River Game Preserve: 20.3 mi
- Naylor Park: 21.0 mi
- John B. Brogan Park: 21.0 mi
- Grimes Monument: 23.7 mi
- Taylor Spring: 20.1 mi
- Sacajawea Hot Springs: 23.1 mi
- Rocky Bar: 14.2 mi
- Boise Basin Museum: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Granite Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glens Peak | ENE 75° | 3,065 m | 20.8 mi |
| Plummer Peak | ENE 73° | 3,041 m | 17.7 mi |
| North Raker | ENE 61° | 3,039 m | 17.6 mi |
| Benedict Peak | ENE 70° | 3,027 m | 19.4 mi |
| Mattingly Peak | E 86° | 3,022 m | 20.6 mi |
| South Raker | ENE 63° | 3,011 m | 17.5 mi |
| Mount Everly | ENE 70° | 3,003 m | 17.2 mi |
| Steel Mountain | SSE 151° | 2,965 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:16 | 19:54 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:44 | 21:28 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 08:14 | 16:20 | 17:08 |
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 | 25 | 29 | 37 | 43 | 52 | 59 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 25 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lowman, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 382541 — Granite Mountain, Elmore County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358656046
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