Petticoat Peak
Petticoat Peak rises to 2,418 m in Idaho. Sherman Peak stands 2,954 m to the east-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Dempsey, a ghost town 2.9 miles away. Oregon Trail Bear Lake Scenic Byway passes 2.3 miles off. 61 named places lie within 25 miles, 39 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Idaho, United States of America
Wikidata Q49060892, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2418 m
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Oregon Trail Bear Lake Scenic Byway
- 11.6 mi off the Pioneer Historic Byway, National
- 18.4 mi off the Oregon Trail-Bear Lake Scenic Byway
61 named places within 25 miles
- Mount Moh: 4.0 mi
- Buckskin Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Twin Knobs: 6.0 mi
- Baldy Mountain: 7.6 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 9.0 mi
- City Park: 3.5 mi
- Buddy Campbell Memorial Park: 4.0 mi
- Indian Rocks State Park: 13.9 mi
- Skyline Park: 17.7 mi
- Geyser Park: 17.9 mi
- Dempsey: 2.9 mi
- Chesterfield: 14.8 mi
- High Dive: 3.8 mi
- Formation springs nature preserve: 20.6 mi
- Soda Springs Geyser: 17.9 mi
- Hooper Spring: 18.1 mi
- Sunken Gardens: 3.5 mi
- The Bull: 3.7 mi
- Soda Point: 13.0 mi
- Red Rock Pass: 21.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Petticoat Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman Peak | ESE 122° | 2,954 m | 24.6 mi |
| Bonneville Peak | NW 309° | 2,812 m | 11.9 mi |
| Sedgwick Peak | S 170° | 2,789 m | 9.9 mi |
| Snow Peak | NW 306° | 2,777 m | 11.2 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | WNW 297° | 2,748 m | 9.0 mi |
| South Putnam Mountain | NNW 334° | 2,724 m | 19.8 mi |
| Soda Peak | ESE 118° | 2,707 m | 19.1 mi |
| Mount Putnam | NNW 333° | 2,685 m | 23.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:03 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:27 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:50 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 16:12 | 16:58 |
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 | 23 | 27 | 36 | 44 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 67 | 58 | 46 | 34 | 24 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lava HOT Springs, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 374381 — Petticoat Peak, Bannock County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358652267
Day trips start here
- Lava Hot Springs · 4 mi
- Southeastern Idaho · 13 mi
- Soda Springs · 18 mi
- Pocatello · 29 mi
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