Mormon Mountain
Mormon Mountain rises to 2,902 m in Idaho. Mount McGuire stands 3,075 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Two Point Peak, a peak 2.1 miles away. Salmon River Scenic Byway passes 44 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49051584, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,902 m
How to reach it
- 44.2 mi off the Salmon River Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Two Point Peak: 2.1 mi
- Dave Lewis Peak: 3.2 mi
- Sheep Horn Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Shellrock Peak: 4.9 mi
- Rush Creek Point: 6.2 mi
- Hospital Hot Spring: 13.2 mi
- Loon Creek Hot Spring: 15.4 mi
- Cox Hot Springs: 16.1 mi
- Sunflower Hot Springs: 20.5 mi
- Warm Spring: 9.7 mi
- Kwiskwis Hot Spring: 20.8 mi
- Stub Creek Spring: 24.2 mi
- Aparejo Point: 9.7 mi
- Cox Point: 17.2 mi
- McFadden Point: 22.6 mi
- Veil Falls: 10.9 mi
- Golden Creek Falls: 11.9 mi
- Nugget Creek Falls: 16.5 mi
- Idaho Primitive Area: 12.0 mi
- Earl Parrot's Cabin: 16.5 mi
- Long Tom Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Mormon Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount McGuire | NE 51° | 3,075 m | 17.5 mi |
| Aggipah Mountain | NE 51° | 2,997 m | 15.2 mi |
| Sleeping Deer Mountain | SSE 151° | 2,985 m | 19.5 mi |
| Meyers | SE 133° | 2,977 m | 18.2 mi |
| Goat Mountain | NE 44° | 2,929 m | 18.9 mi |
| Red Peak Benchmark | WSW 237° | 2,917 m | 19.0 mi |
| Wilson Mountain | ENE 68° | 2,914 m | 13.5 mi |
| Red Peak | SW 235° | 2,886 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:13 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 04:54 | 19:45 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:27 | 18:00 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:12 | 16:01 |
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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 396927 — Mormon Mountain, Valley County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358662325
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