May Mountain
May Mountain rises to 3,309 m in Idaho. Big Creek Peak stands 3,439 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Mountain, a peak 2.7 miles away. Salmon River Scenic Byway passes 8.8 miles off. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 39 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49048440, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,309 m
How to reach it
- 8.8 mi off the Salmon River Scenic Byway
- 14.7 mi off the Sacajawea Historic Byway
- 20.9 mi off the Lewis and Clark Back Country Byway
- 22.4 mi off the Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Westward View · 28 mi
- Westward Overlook - Lemhi Pass CDT Access · 28 mi
52 named places within 25 miles
- Long Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Mogg Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Lem Peak: 6.7 mi
- Buffalo Skull Peak: 7.4 mi
- Mill Mountain: 8.6 mi
- Land of the Yankee Fork State Park & National Forest Historic Area: 21.2 mi
- Sacajawea Monument: 22.3 mi
- Fort Lemhi Monument: 22.6 mi
- Central Park: 22.8 mi
- Challis Fish Pond: 23.7 mi
- Red Point: 3.3 mi
- Eagle Rock: 12.2 mi
- McNabbs Point: 18.9 mi
- Goldbug Hot Springs: 15.8 mi
- Challis Hot Springs: 20.2 mi
- Painted Rock: 23.0 mi
- CHS: 23.0 mi
- Challis Bridge Recreation Site: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of May Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Creek Peak | SE 136° | 3,439 m | 20.6 mi |
| Grouse Creek Mountain | S 190° | 3,379 m | 22.5 mi |
| Flatiron Mountain | SE 136° | 3,354 m | 21.7 mi |
| Lem Peak | NNW 346° | 3,346 m | 6.7 mi |
| Gunsight Peak | ESE 113° | 3,303 m | 16.6 mi |
| Yellow Peak | SE 126° | 3,292 m | 19.2 mi |
| Buffalo Skull Peak | ESE 106° | 3,272 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mill Mountain | E 91° | 3,271 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:09 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:40 | 21:25 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 08:10 | 16:10 | 16:58 |
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 | 26 | 35 | 42 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 43 | 30 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MAY 2sse, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358657315
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