Haystack Mountain
Haystack Mountain rises to 1,400 m in Idaho. Black Peak stands 1,989 m to the east-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Haystack, a peak 1.2 miles away. Pend Oreille Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Shoshone County, Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49035624, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,400 m
How to reach it
- 23.3 mi off the Pend Oreille Scenic Byway, National
- 26.3 mi off the White Pine Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bernard Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Haystack: 1.2 mi
- Taylor Peak: 3.7 mi
- Little Guard Peak: 3.7 mi
- Guard Peak: 4.0 mi
- Hulliman Peak: 4.6 mi
- Eagle City Park: 8.1 mi
- Magee Historic Site: 15.5 mi
- Gene Day Park: 17.5 mi
- Kellogg City park: 17.6 mi
- Osburn Lions City Park: 17.7 mi
- Sunshine Miners Memorial: 16.8 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 17.6 mi
- Bunker Hill Zinc Plant: 19.1 mi
- Miner's Statue: 19.6 mi
- Veteran's Monument: 19.6 mi
- Maple Cliff: 9.9 mi
- Castle Rock: 10.9 mi
- Stoney Point: 12.1 mi
- Packsack Point: 12.2 mi
- Cathedral Rocks: 14.0 mi
- Spragpole Museum: 10.2 mi
- Staff House Museum: 17.7 mi
- Northern Pacific Depot Railroad Museum: 19.9 mi
- Barnard-Stockbridge Museum: 20.0 mi
- Oasis Bordello Museum: 20.0 mi
- Crystal Gold Mine: 17.2 mi
- Mining Equipment Displays: 19.5 mi
- Mine Exhibit: 19.6 mi
- The Center of the Universe: 20.0 mi
- Black Bear: 17.5 mi
- Burke: 17.7 mi
- Frisco: 17.7 mi
- Bobtail Spring: 5.2 mi
- Bloom Spring: 6.1 mi
- John Mullan: 17.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Haystack Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Peak | ESE 110° | 1,989 m | 10.2 mi |
| Idaho Point | N 358° | 1,983 m | 8.7 mi |
| Eighty Peak | N 360° | 1,970 m | 8.8 mi |
| Ulm Peak | N 354° | 1,967 m | 9.6 mi |
| Bottle Point | N 4° | 1,918 m | 8.0 mi |
| Bennett Peak | NW 318° | 1,894 m | 5.9 mi |
| Eightmile Peak | E 92° | 1,894 m | 11.8 mi |
| Pond Peak | NW 322° | 1,872 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:16 | 19:57 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:58 | 21:47 |
| September equinox | 07:31 | 19:03 | 19:43 |
| December solstice | 08:31 | 16:01 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 35 | 43 | 51 | 58 | 64 | 63 | 55 | 43 | 33 | 27 |
| Precip in | 5.9 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 6.3 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Prichard 3 ESE, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358656298
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