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Paps Mountain

Paps Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Paps Mountain rises to 1,548 m in Idaho. Deep Creek Peak stands 2,664 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is City park, a park 2.7 miles away. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in Idaho, United States of America

Wikidata Q49059763, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1548 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.75797, -112.81138

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • City park: 2.7 mi
  • City park: 2.7 mi
  • Stebbins Park: 2.7 mi
  • Lee Street Park: 3.0 mi
  • Vard Meadows: 3.3 mi
Peaks: 33
Museums: 4
  • Historic Downtown Pocatello: 19.6 mi
  • Pocatello Model Railroad and Historical Society: 19.8 mi
  • Museum of Clean: 20.0 mi
  • Bannock County Historical Museum: 20.8 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • McDougall Field: 17.0 mi
  • OriginStreetAddressesPocatello: 19.8 mi
  • The ISU "I": 20.6 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Silver Horseshoe: 2.8 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deep Creek PeakSSE 158°2,664 m21.3 mi
Scout MountainESE 103°2,647 m24.3 mi
Bannock PeakSSE 154°2,517 m11.9 mi
White Quartz MountainSSE 157°2,356 m11.6 mi
Cedar Creek PeakSSW 210°2,261 m24.8 mi
Indian MountainE 92°2,223 m23.6 mi
Bradley MountainSE 127°2,211 m22.9 mi
Rock KnollE 86°2,205 m16.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0619:44
June solstice05:5420:3121:14
September equinox07:1918:5319:30
December solstice07:5916:1517:01

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273041485764737162493727
Precip in1.00.71.01.31.51.10.50.50.80.90.80.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — American Falls, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 374312 — Paps Mountain, Power County, Idaho.

OpenStreetMap element node/358652229

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