Parker Mountain
Parker Mountain rises to 2,777 m in Idaho. White Mountain West stands 3,183 m to the southeast, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Parker Mill, a historic site 1.9 miles away. Salmon River Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Lemhi County, Idaho, United States genomes ID=5603283
Wikidata Q49059955, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2777 m
How to reach it
- 17.3 mi off the Salmon River Scenic Byway
- 18.9 mi off the Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway
79 named places within 25 miles
- White Mountain West: 3.3 mi
- White Mountain: 4.1 mi
- White Valley Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Fly Creek Point: 5.5 mi
- Sherman Peak: 6.7 mi
- Show Bath Hot Springs: 2.9 mi
- Owen Cabin Hot Spring: 9.7 mi
- Upper Loon Creek Hot Springs: 9.8 mi
- Loon Creek Hot Spring: 18.5 mi
- Challis Hot Springs: 19.3 mi
- Meyers Cove Point: 16.4 mi
- McNabbs Point: 17.6 mi
- Feltham Creek Point: 21.8 mi
- Eagle Rock: 23.5 mi
- Aparejo Point: 23.9 mi
- Challis Fish Pond: 16.8 mi
- Central Park: 17.2 mi
- Land of the Yankee Fork State Park & National Forest Historic Area: 19.2 mi
- Parker Mill: 1.9 mi
- Bruno Cabin Ruins: 13.5 mi
- Painted Rock: 17.1 mi
- CHS: 17.2 mi
- Custer Museum: 16.6 mi
- Challis Bridge Recreation Site: 19.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Parker Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Mountain West | SE 127° | 3,183 m | 3.3 mi |
| The General | WSW 237° | 3,148.279 m | 15.0 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SSE 148° | 3,139 m | 19.2 mi |
| Mount Jordan | SW 231° | 3,042 m | 14.6 mi |
| White Valley Mountain | ENE 76° | 3,040 m | 5.1 mi |
| Cabin Creek Peak | SW 232° | 3,027 m | 21.9 mi |
| Mount Loening | WSW 239° | 3,024 m | 20.4 mi |
| Ramshorn Mountain | SE 142° | 3,017 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:12 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:43 | 21:28 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 08:13 | 16:13 | 17:01 |
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 | 20 | 27 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 67 | 58 | 45 | 31 | 20 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Challis AP, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 388225 — Parker Mountain, Lemhi County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358657879
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