Granite Mountain
Granite Mountain rises to 2,078 m in Idaho. Trinity Mountain stands 2,880 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is House Mountain, a peak 4.1 miles away. Oregon Trail Back Country Byway passes 11 miles off. 64 named places lie within 25 miles, 42 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Elmore County, Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49032757, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,078.126 m
How to reach it
- 11.0 mi off the Oregon Trail Back Country Byway
- 28.7 mi off the Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway
64 named places within 25 miles
- House Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Don Benchmark: 6.5 mi
- Danskin Peak: 8.4 mi
- Peak 6265 (Old 6244): 8.7 mi
- Tollgate Hill: 8.8 mi
- Soldier Mountain Game Preserve: 13.1 mi
- Legacy Park: 18.3 mi
- Stone Tree Park: 18.4 mi
- Richard Aguirre Park: 19.0 mi
- Rosewood Park: 19.0 mi
- Sheep Creek Bridge Hot Springs: 23.6 mi
- Smith Cabin Hot Spring: 24.6 mi
- Loftus Hot Spring: 24.7 mi
- Big Bluff: 8.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 11.5 mi
- Mountain Home Historical Museum: 19.4 mi
- Community Wall: 19.5 mi
- Rocky Bar: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Granite Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity Mountain | NNE 13° | 2,880 m | 15.9 mi |
| Scotch Benchmark | NNE 15° | 2,498 m | 22.6 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | NNW 347° | 2,493 m | 17.6 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | N 360° | 2,484 m | 22.3 mi |
| Deer Mountain | ENE 67° | 2,416 m | 21.7 mi |
| Lava Mountain | N 349° | 2,395 m | 14.6 mi |
| House Mountain | N 8° | 2,347 m | 4.1 mi |
| Dog Mountain | NE 38° | 2,343 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:17 | 19:54 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:43 | 21:27 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 08:12 | 16:23 | 17:10 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 36 | 43 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 77 | 75 | 65 | 52 | 39 | 31 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MTN Home, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 382545 — Granite Mountain, Elmore County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358656059
Day trips start here
- Mountain Home · 19 mi
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