Needles
Needles rises to 2,514 m in Idaho. Log Mountain stands 2,791 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Terrapin, a peak 1.8 miles away. Payette River Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49056583, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,514.3 m
How to reach it
- 11.4 mi off the Payette River Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Terrapin: 1.8 mi
- Square Top: 2.2 mi
- Gold Fork Lookout: 4.4 mi
- Gold Fork Rock: 4.6 mi
- Sloans Point: 5.1 mi
- Horsethief Reservoir State Park: 15.9 mi
- Riverfront Park: 17.7 mi
- Wild Horse Park: 17.7 mi
- Big Chair Park: 18.0 mi
- Legacy Park: 18.1 mi
- Slick Rock: 16.1 mi
- The Dike: 20.3 mi
- White Licks: 20.4 mi
- Lightning Point: 21.2 mi
- Thinking Spot: 21.9 mi
- Old General Store & Museum: 10.9 mi
- Valley County Museum: 10.9 mi
- Central Idaho Historical Museum: 18.5 mi
- Yellow Pine Elementary School: 22.6 mi
- The Outpost: 22.7 mi
- Trail Creek Hot Springs: 8.3 mi
- Molly's Tub: 9.4 mi
- Mile 15 Hot Spring: 10.0 mi
- Vulcan Hot Springs: 13.2 mi
- Gold Fork Hot Springs: 7.1 mi
- Shaws Spring: 14.0 mi
- Rainbow Spring: 19.7 mi
- Valley Couty Fairgrounds: 18.6 mi
- Deadwood Outfitters Lodge: 22.3 mi
- North Beach: 21.4 mi
- Twah Creek Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Needles. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Log Mountain | ENE 61° | 2,791 m | 12.4 mi |
| Chilcoot Peak | E 83° | 2,740 m | 19.9 mi |
| Nick Peak | N 351° | 2,713 m | 14.0 mi |
| Blackmare | NNE 17° | 2,659 m | 6.2 mi |
| Rice Peak | SSE 148° | 2,650 m | 18.5 mi |
| Sawtooth Peak | NNW 345° | 2,646 m | 18.8 mi |
| Thunderbolt Mountain | E 91° | 2,638 m | 9.1 mi |
| Little Baldy | E 98° | 2,634 m | 19.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:17 | 19:56 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:48 | 21:33 |
| September equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:43 |
| December solstice | 08:18 | 16:18 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 25 | 32 | 39 | 48 | 55 | 63 | 62 | 54 | 43 | 31 | 22 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mccall, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358657652
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