Kelly Mountain
Kelly Mountain rises to 2,672 m in Idaho. Grays Peak stands 3,160 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Richardson Summit, a peak 3.8 miles away. Sawtooth Scenic Byway passes 7.7 miles off.
The story
Kelly Mountain, with a summit elevation of 8,826 feet (2,690 m), is a peak in the Smoky Mountains of Idaho. The peak is located in Blaine County on the border of Sawtooth National Forest and Bureau of Land Management land. It is located in the watersheds of Elk, Kelly, and Wolftone creeks, all in the watershed of the Big Wood River. It is about 5.8 mi (9.3 km) southeast of Buttercup Mountain. No roads or trails go to the summit.
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Wikidata Q6386216, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,672 m
How to reach it
- 7.7 mi off the Sawtooth Scenic Byway
- 14.5 mi off the Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Chairlift Swing · 7 mi
- Galena Summit Overlook · 29 mi
- Bethine & Frank Church Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Richardson Summit: 3.8 mi
- Art Richards Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Rocky Butte: 5.2 mi
- Gilman Butte: 5.6 mi
- Buttercup Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Lions Park: 7.5 mi
- Hop Porter Park: 7.6 mi
- Draper Nature Preserve: 7.6 mi
- Heagle Park: 7.8 mi
- Werthheimer Park: 8.1 mi
- Frenchman’s Bend Hot Springs: 10.3 mi
- Clay Bank Spring: 13.5 mi
- Martin Spring: 14.2 mi
- Wurst Spring: 15.6 mi
- Russian John Warm Spring: 22.5 mi
- Crown Point: 23.3 mi
- Windmill Bluff: 24.1 mi
- Elk Point: 24.8 mi
- Big Bluff: 24.9 mi
- KECH-FM (Sun Valley): 12.1 mi
- Hemingway Memorial: 16.5 mi
- Sawtooth Botanical Garden: 10.9 mi
- Sun Valley Museum of Art: 14.0 mi
- Hemingway/Northwood Natural Area: 14.5 mi
- Timmerman Rest Area: 14.6 mi
- Timmerman Rest Area: 14.6 mi
- Shoshone Ice Caves: 16.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Kelly Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grays Peak | ENE 57° | 3,160 m | 22.3 mi |
| Norton Peak | NNW 334° | 3,146 m | 20.8 mi |
| Baker Peak | NW 319° | 3,098 m | 16.2 mi |
| Big Peak | NW 313° | 3,049 m | 17.9 mi |
| Johnstone Peak | NE 37° | 3,011 m | 19.5 mi |
| Peak 9728 | NNW 334° | 2,965 m | 15.4 mi |
| The Peanut | NE 44° | 2,936 m | 21.9 mi |
| Shaw Mountain | NW 311° | 2,931 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:13 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:39 | 21:23 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 08:08 | 16:18 | 17:05 |
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 | 25 | 29 | 38 | 47 | 54 | 62 | 71 | 69 | 60 | 48 | 35 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bellevue, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 392671 — Kelly Mountain, Blaine County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358659471
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