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Mount Pend Oreille

Mount Pend Oreille, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Pend Oreille rises to 2,056 m in Idaho. Scotchman Number Two stands 2,084 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Pend Oreille Fire Lookout, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Pend Oreille Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

The story

mountain in Idaho, United States of America

Wikidata Q49053981, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2056 m

How to reach it

Coordinates48.41548, -116.17541

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 27
  • Pack River Flats Refuge: 11.1 mi
  • Trestle Creek Recreation Area: 11.8 mi
  • Pend Oreille Wildlife Management Area: 12.3 mi
  • Kullyspell House Monument Park: 13.2 mi
  • Troy City Park: 13.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Kootenai Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Yaak Falls: 20.8 mi
  • Snow Creek Falls: 20.9 mi
  • Myrtle Falls: 23.0 mi
Museums: 3
Nature reserves: 3
Cliffs: 3
Beaches: 2
  • City Beach: 19.5 mi
  • Dog Beach: 19.6 mi
Historic sites: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Troy Rest Area: 14.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Attractions: 1
Artworks: 1
Springs: 1
  • Leslie Springs: 24.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Mount Pend Oreille. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Scotchman Number TwoSSE 158°2,084 m15.0 mi
Glad PeakSE 141°2,054.352 m5.8 mi
Clifty MountainN 352°2,041 m13.9 mi
Roberts MountainNE 36°2,038 m6.7 mi
Savage MountainSSE 151°2,038 m13.8 mi
Benning MountainSE 142°1,988 m6.8 mi
Mount WillardN 359°1,987 m1.5 mi
Moose MountainSSE 154°1,973 m5.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4819:1619:58
June solstice05:4421:0121:51
September equinox07:3219:0319:44
December solstice08:3415:5816:53

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283139465561686758463528
Precip in2.61.92.41.61.82.50.90.71.22.43.52.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Troy, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 388331 — Mount Pend Oreille, Bonner County, Idaho.

OpenStreetMap element node/358657919

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