Mount McCaleb
Mount McCaleb rises to 3,561 m in Idaho. Borah Peak stands 3,861 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Mac, a peak 0.7 miles away. Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway passes 4.3 miles off.
The story
Mount McCaleb is an 11,682-foot elevation (3,561 m) mountain summit located in Custer County, Idaho, United States.
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Wikidata Q49053578, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,560.7 m
How to reach it
- 4.3 mi off the Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Mac: 0.7 mi
- USGS Peak: 1.6 mi
- Castle Peak: 2.6 mi
- Far Away Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Paragon Peak: 4.0 mi
- Pia Soko Patezopai’I: 13.4 mi
- Baiya Patezopai’I: 13.5 mi
- Birch Springs: 15.3 mi
- Barney Hot Spring: 20.4 mi
- City of Mackay Tourist Park: 5.8 mi
- Moore City Park: 21.3 mi
- Lost River Ward park and ballfield: 23.7 mi
- Custer County Fair Grounds: 5.9 mi
- Earthquake Interpretive Site: 17.8 mi
- The Nose: 13.2 mi
- Bartlett Point: 17.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Mount McCaleb. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borah Peak | NW 318° | 3,861 m | 13.4 mi |
| Leatherman Peak | NW 312° | 3,727 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Church | NW 311° | 3,725 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Breitenbach | NW 323° | 3,700 m | 6.2 mi |
| Lost River Mountain | NW 320° | 3,681 m | 4.4 mi |
| Mount Idaho | NW 311° | 3,677 m | 11.8 mi |
| Donaldson Peak | NW 314° | 3,665 m | 7.0 mi |
| USGS Peak | NNE 32° | 3,652 m | 1.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:09 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:37 | 21:22 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:56 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:07 | 16:12 | 17:00 |
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 | 23 | 33 | 42 | 51 | 58 | 67 | 65 | 56 | 44 | 30 | 19 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mackay Lost RVR RS, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358657322
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