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Lookout Mountain

Lookout Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Lookout Mountain rises to 2,289 m in Idaho. Hyndman Peak stands 3,660 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is O'Donnell Park, a park 2.3 miles away. Sawtooth Scenic Byway passes 1.8 miles off.

The story

mountain in Idaho, United States of America

Wikidata Q49046622, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2289 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.44657, -114.21588

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 19
  • O'Donnell Park: 2.3 mi
  • Bellevue City Park: 2.5 mi
  • Keefer Park: 5.3 mi
  • Kiwanis Park: 5.4 mi
  • BCRD Quigley Trails Park: 6.3 mi
Springs: 6
Historic sites: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Timmerman Rest Area: 8.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Timmerman Rest Area: 8.6 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Shoshone Ice Caves: 12.3 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Sawtooth Botanical Garden: 14.3 mi
Museums: 1
  • Sun Valley Museum of Art: 17.9 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Hemingway/Northwood Natural Area: 18.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Lookout Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hyndman PeakNNE 11°3,660.038 m21.3 mi
Duncan RidgeN 10°3,582.924 m21.7 mi
Old Hyndman PeakNNE 14°3,549 m20.9 mi
Cobb PeakNNE 13°3,512 m20.2 mi
Big Basin PeakNNE 16°3,508.248 m20.8 mi
The BoxNNE 19°3,445.764 m21.0 mi
McIntyre PeakNNE 17°3,416.808 m19.9 mi
Jacqueline PeakNNE 17°3,361.03 m19.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1219:49
June solstice05:5720:3821:22
September equinox07:2518:5819:36
December solstice08:0716:1717:04

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252938475462716960483525
Precip in2.11.51.41.12.11.30.60.70.81.71.82.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bellevue, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358663440

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