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Morning Glory Peak

Morning Glory Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Morning Glory Peak rises to 1,925 m in Idaho. Homer Youngs Peak stands 3,234 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Island Park, a park 3.1 miles away. Salmon River Scenic Byway passes 3.1 miles off. 69 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Idaho, United States of America

Wikidata Q49051596, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1925 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.18964, -113.96063

69 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 52
Parks: 6
  • Island Park: 3.1 mi
  • Town Square Park: 3.2 mi
  • Kid's Creek Park: 3.7 mi
  • City Park: 4.8 mi
  • Fort Lemhi Monument: 21.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Red Rock: 11.1 mi
  • Dead Water Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
  • Newland Ranch Picnic Site: 15.2 mi
Historic sites: 3
Attractions: 1
  • Lemhi County Fairgrounds: 4.0 mi
Museums: 1
  • Sacajawea Interpretive Center: 4.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Goldbug Hot Springs: 19.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Horsefly Spring: 24.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Morning Glory Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Homer Youngs PeakENE 59°3,234 m16.1 mi
Sacajawea PeaksENE 73°3,154 m14.3 mi
Monument PeakENE 68°3,134 m14.0 mi
Hirschy MountainNE 44°3,134 m17.7 mi
Freeman PeakENE 65°3,132 m13.9 mi
Center MountainE 80°3,113 m15.4 mi
Center MountainE 80°3,111 m15.5 mi
Copperhead PeakNE 55°3,065 m13.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1019:48
June solstice05:4920:4221:28
September equinox07:2418:5619:35
December solstice08:1316:0816:57

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202638455461696757453121
Precip in0.60.40.50.81.31.60.80.60.80.80.70.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salmon-ksra, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358663536

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