Moonstone Mountain
Moonstone Mountain rises to 1,869 m in Idaho. Baker Peak stands 3,098 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Square Mountain, a peak 2.6 miles away. Sawtooth Scenic Byway passes 9.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in Idaho, United States of America
Wikidata Q49051376, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1869 m
How to reach it
- 9.4 mi off the Sawtooth Scenic Byway
- 9.5 mi off the Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Chairlift Swing · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Square Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Richardson Summit: 5.1 mi
- Clay Bank Hills: 7.5 mi
- Horse Mountain: 7.6 mi
- Rocky Butte: 7.7 mi
- Heagle Park: 12.4 mi
- Bellevue City Park: 12.4 mi
- Draper Nature Preserve: 12.6 mi
- Lions Park: 12.6 mi
- O'Donnell Park: 12.8 mi
- Clay Bank Spring: 5.6 mi
- Martin Spring: 7.1 mi
- Wurst Spring: 8.7 mi
- Frenchman’s Bend Hot Springs: 19.2 mi
- North Queens Crown Springs: 24.4 mi
- Shoshone Bird Museum of Natural History: 20.4 mi
- Richard Arthur Olsen Museum of Natural History: 20.4 mi
- Sun Valley Museum of Art: 22.4 mi
- Windmill Bluff: 20.4 mi
- Big Bluff: 21.3 mi
- KECH-FM (Sun Valley): 20.8 mi
- Hemingway Memorial: 24.8 mi
- Shoshone Ice Caves: 9.2 mi
- Timmerman Rest Area: 9.4 mi
- Timmerman Rest Area: 9.4 mi
- Sawtooth Botanical Garden: 19.0 mi
- Hemingway/Northwood Natural Area: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Moonstone Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Peak | NNW 333° | 3,098 m | 23.8 mi |
| Peak 9728 | NNW 343° | 2,965.094 m | 23.8 mi |
| Shaw Mountain | NNW 330° | 2,931 m | 20.1 mi |
| Second Peak | WNW 291° | 2,904.439 m | 23.8 mi |
| Bear Peak | NNW 344° | 2,891 m | 22.5 mi |
| Dollarhide Mountain | NNW 327° | 2,819 m | 20.2 mi |
| Bald Mountain | N 8° | 2,789.225 m | 20.3 mi |
| First Peak | WNW 290° | 2,788.006 m | 23.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:13 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:39 | 21:23 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 08:08 | 16:19 | 17:06 |
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 | 25 | 29 | 38 | 47 | 54 | 62 | 71 | 69 | 60 | 48 | 35 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bellevue, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 374014 — Moonstone Mountain, Blaine County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358652034
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