House Mountain
House Mountain rises to 2,347 m in Idaho. Steel Mountain stands 2,965 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Granite Mountain, a peak 4.1 miles away. Oregon Trail Back Country Byway passes 15 miles off. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49037621, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,347 m
How to reach it
- 14.6 mi off the Oregon Trail Back Country Byway
- 27.4 mi off the Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway
71 named places within 25 miles
- Granite Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Red Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Peak 6265 (Old 6244): 8.6 mi
- Danskin Peak: 8.7 mi
- Dog Mountain: 9.2 mi
- Soldier Mountain Game Preserve: 14.3 mi
- Legacy Park: 22.1 mi
- Stone Tree Park: 22.2 mi
- Rosewood Park: 22.7 mi
- Richard Aguirre Park: 22.8 mi
- Sheep Creek Bridge Hot Springs: 20.1 mi
- Smith Cabin Hot Spring: 20.8 mi
- Loftus Hot Spring: 20.9 mi
- Vaughn Hot Spring: 21.6 mi
- Ninemeyer Hot Springs: 22.6 mi
- Big Bluff: 11.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 15.5 mi
- Rocky Bar: 20.3 mi
- Mountain Home Historical Museum: 23.3 mi
- Community Wall: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of House Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steel Mountain | NNE 21° | 2,965 m | 23.3 mi |
| Peak 9712 | ENE 74° | 2,960 m | 23.7 mi |
| Iron Mountain | ENE 72° | 2,942 m | 23.4 mi |
| Trinity Mountain | NNE 14° | 2,880 m | 11.8 mi |
| Cayuse Point | NE 38° | 2,722 m | 23.5 mi |
| Scotch Benchmark | NNE 17° | 2,498 m | 18.5 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | NNW 341° | 2,493 m | 13.9 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | N 358° | 2,484 m | 18.3 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 | 17:09 |
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 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 42 | 50 | 57 | 66 | 65 | 56 | 44 | 31 | 21 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hill City 1 W, 23 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 383463 — House Mountain, Elmore County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358656444
Day trips start here
- Mountain Home · 23 mi
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