Mill Mountain
Mill Mountain rises to 3,271 m in Idaho. Big Creek Peak stands 3,439 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Buffalo Skull Peak, a peak 2.5 miles away. Sacajawea Historic Byway passes 8.7 miles off. 40 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Idaho, United States of America
Wikidata Q49050177, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3271 m
How to reach it
- 8.7 mi off the Sacajawea Historic Byway
- 17.0 mi off the Salmon River Scenic Byway
- 18.4 mi off the Lewis and Clark Back Country Byway
- 28.9 mi off the Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Westward View · 23 mi
- Westward Overlook - Lemhi Pass CDT Access · 23 mi
40 named places within 25 miles
- Buffalo Skull Peak: 2.5 mi
- Mogg Mountain: 2.6 mi
- May Mountain: 8.6 mi
- Long Mountain: 8.9 mi
- Gunsight Peak: 9.1 mi
- Red Point: 11.4 mi
- Eagle Rock: 20.7 mi
- Iron Creek Point: 22.8 mi
- Sacajawea Monument: 20.4 mi
- Fort Lemhi Monument: 20.7 mi
- Goldbug Hot Springs: 20.3 mi
- The Most Distant Fountain: 22.4 mi
- Flag Unfurling Monument: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mill Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Creek Peak | SSE 159° | 3,439 m | 15.7 mi |
| Flatiron Mountain | SSE 157° | 3,354 m | 16.7 mi |
| Lem Peak | WNW 303° | 3,346 m | 12.2 mi |
| May Mountain | W 271° | 3,309 m | 8.6 mi |
| Gunsight Peak | SE 133° | 3,302.508 m | 9.1 mi |
| Yellow Peak | SSE 149° | 3,292 m | 13.1 mi |
| Portland Mountain | SE 134° | 3,280 m | 22.6 mi |
| Buffalo Skull Peak | SW 219° | 3,272.028 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:09 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:40 | 21:24 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:09 | 16:09 | 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, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358662272
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