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Grouse Creek Mountain

Grouse Creek Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Grouse Creek Mountain rises to 3,379 m in Idaho. Borah Peak stands 3,861 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is McGowan Peak, a peak 3.3 miles away. Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway passes 7.3 miles off. 62 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Idaho, United States of America

Wikidata Q49034105, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3378.7 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.36611, -113.90818

62 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 43
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 3
Parks: 3
  • Land of the Yankee Fork State Park & National Forest Historic Area: 16.7 mi
  • Central Park: 18.5 mi
  • Challis Fish Pond: 18.8 mi
Artworks: 2
  • CHS: 18.5 mi
  • Painted Rock: 18.6 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Earthquake Interpretive Site: 14.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Challis Bridge Recreation Site: 16.1 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Challis Hot Springs: 17.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • Bruno Cabin Ruins: 24.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Grouse Creek Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Borah PeakSSE 158°3,860.597 m17.0 mi
Leatherman PeakSSE 156°3,727.1 m21.5 mi
Mount ChurchSSE 155°3,724.66 m22.9 mi
Mount BreitenbachSSE 151°3,700.27 m23.8 mi
Mount IdahoSSE 160°3,677.4 m19.1 mi
Donaldson PeakSSE 154°3,664.6 m23.3 mi
Bad RockSSE 156°3,643.3 m22.1 mi
Sacajawea PeakSSE 159°3,638.09 m18.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1019:48
June solstice05:5220:4021:24
September equinox07:2418:5719:35
December solstice08:0916:1217:00

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192635425158666456433021
Precip in0.30.30.70.81.21.30.40.90.90.90.50.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MAY 2sse, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358656193

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