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Little Crater

Little Crater, seen from above at true elevation

Little Crater rises to 1,972 m in Idaho. Caribou Mountain stands 2,986 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Mountain, a peak 2.3 miles away. Oregon Trail-Bear Lake Scenic Byway passes 4.1 miles off. 49 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.

About

The story

mountain in Idaho, United States of America

Wikidata Q49044824, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1972 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.84881, -111.63162
Around it

49 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 32
Parks: 8
  • Blackfoot River Park: 4.5 mi
  • Henry Stampede Park: 5.6 mi
  • Hooper Park: 11.8 mi
  • Arthur Kelly Park: 13.0 mi
  • Octagon Spring Park: 13.2 mi
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Attractions: 1
  • Formation springs nature preserve: 11.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Sunken Gardens: 24.7 mi
Museums: 1
Artworks: 1
  • The Bull: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Caribou MountainNE 44°2,986 m23.4 mi
Soda PeakS 179°2,707 m22.2 mi
Diamond PeakE 99°2,640 m22.9 mi
Harrington PeakSE 141°2,601 m23.6 mi
Henry PeakENE 67°2,526 m12.5 mi
Stump PeakE 80°2,506 m22.7 mi
Tincup MountainENE 61°2,502 m23.5 mi
Rex RidgeNE 55°2,500 m24.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0219:39
June solstice05:4920:2621:09
September equinox07:1518:4819:26
December solstice07:5516:1016:56

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212432415058666555443222
Precip in1.31.41.41.42.31.20.81.11.81.10.81.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Soda Springs AP, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358651754

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