Horse Mountain
Horse Mountain rises to 1,756 m in Idaho. Buttercup Mountain stands 2,741 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Clay Bank Spring, a spring 5.8 miles away. Sawtooth Scenic Byway passes 8.0 miles off. 76 named places lie within 25 miles, 49 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49037322, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,756 m
How to reach it
- 8.0 mi off the Sawtooth Scenic Byway
- 11.0 mi off the Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Chairlift Swing · 19 mi
76 named places within 25 miles
- Rattlesnake Butte: 6.2 mi
- Clay Bank Hills: 6.4 mi
- Crows Nest: 6.4 mi
- Moonstone Mountain: 7.6 mi
- Black Butte: 8.2 mi
- Bellevue City Park: 18.1 mi
- O'Donnell Park: 18.4 mi
- Little Drops Recreation Area: 19.1 mi
- Heagle Park: 19.2 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 19.4 mi
- Clay Bank Spring: 5.8 mi
- Martin Spring: 7.3 mi
- Wurst Spring: 8.2 mi
- North Queens Crown Springs: 24.7 mi
- Shoshone Ice Caves: 8.0 mi
- Lincoln County Fairgrounds: 22.4 mi
- Windmill Bluff: 19.4 mi
- Big Bluff: 20.4 mi
- Timmerman Rest Area: 10.9 mi
- Timmerman Rest Area: 10.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Horse Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buttercup Mountain | NNW 343° | 2,741 m | 18.9 mi |
| Kelly Mountain | N 0° | 2,672 m | 16.5 mi |
| Couch Benchmark | NW 318° | 2,606 m | 23.6 mi |
| Vue Mountain | NE 40° | 2,581 m | 24.1 mi |
| Cannonball Mountain | NW 319° | 2,537 m | 18.8 mi |
| Patterson Peak | NNE 32° | 2,535 m | 22.8 mi |
| Liberal Mountain | NW 325° | 2,505 m | 18.9 mi |
| Bell Mountain | NE 56° | 2,431 m | 21.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:13 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:39 | 21:22 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 08:08 | 16:19 | 17:06 |
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 | 18 | 22 | 31 | 42 | 51 | 58 | 67 | 66 | 57 | 45 | 31 | 19 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fairfield RS, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358651368
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