Lookout Mountain
Lookout Mountain rises to 2,636 m in Idaho. Big Baldy stands 2,951 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Point, a peak 3.8 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Valley County, Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49046634, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,636 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Buck Point: 3.8 mi
- Routson Peak: 4.9 mi
- Black Pole: 5.5 mi
- Sheep Horn Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Dewey Hill: 6.2 mi
- Cox Point: 11.8 mi
- McFadden Point: 14.3 mi
- Aparejo Point: 18.3 mi
- Quartz Ridge: 18.7 mi
- Hospital Hot Spring: 19.3 mi
- Cox Hot Springs: 20.2 mi
- Loon Creek Hot Spring: 20.8 mi
- Sunflower Hot Springs: 21.3 mi
- Veil Falls: 18.2 mi
- Golden Creek Falls: 18.4 mi
- Nugget Creek Falls: 22.4 mi
- Kwiskwis Hot Spring: 15.6 mi
- Warm Spring: 18.8 mi
- The Outpost: 21.1 mi
- Yellow Pine Elementary School: 21.2 mi
- Idaho Primitive Area: 21.2 mi
- Earl Parrot's Cabin: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Lookout Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Baldy | SSW 203° | 2,951 m | 18.7 mi |
| Red Peak Benchmark | SSW 210° | 2,917 m | 13.2 mi |
| Mormon Mountain | E 97° | 2,902 m | 9.4 mi |
| Red Peak | SSW 206° | 2,886 m | 13.2 mi |
| Shellrock Peak | SE 129° | 2,855 m | 8.5 mi |
| Two Point Peak | ESE 110° | 2,855 m | 8.9 mi |
| Rainbow Peak | WSW 237° | 2,842 m | 9.0 mi |
| Red Ridge | SSW 202° | 2,841 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:14 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 04:54 | 19:46 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:01 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:13 | 16:02 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 29 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 70 | 68 | 59 | 46 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Taylor RCH, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358657136
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