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Phelan Mountain

Phelan Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Phelan Mountain rises to 2,714 m in Idaho. Homer Youngs Peak stands 3,234 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Baldy, a peak 3.1 miles away. Salmon River Scenic Byway passes 8.7 miles off. 72 named places lie within 25 miles, 55 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Idaho, United States of America

Wikidata Q49060955, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2714 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.13659, -114.07202

72 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 55
Parks: 6
  • Island Park: 8.9 mi
  • Town Square Park: 8.9 mi
  • Kid's Creek Park: 9.1 mi
  • City Park: 10.1 mi
  • Fort Lemhi Monument: 23.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Red Rock: 16.3 mi
  • Dead Water Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
  • Newland Ranch Picnic Site: 19.0 mi
Historic sites: 2
Springs: 2
  • Horsefly Spring: 22.9 mi
  • Telephone Pole Spring: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Museums: 1
  • Sacajawea Interpretive Center: 10.2 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Lemhi County Fairgrounds: 10.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Goldbug Hot Springs: 17.4 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Homer Youngs PeakENE 58°3,234 m22.7 mi
Sacajawea PeaksENE 67°3,154 m20.7 mi
Monument PeakENE 64°3,134 m20.5 mi
Hirschy MountainNE 47°3,134 m24.2 mi
Freeman PeakENE 62°3,132 m20.4 mi
Center MountainENE 73°3,113 m21.6 mi
Center MountainENE 73°3,111 m21.7 mi
Copperhead PeakNE 55°3,065 m20.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1019:49
June solstice05:5020:4221:28
September equinox07:2418:5719:36
December solstice08:1316:0916:58

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202638455461696757453121
Precip in0.60.40.50.81.31.60.80.60.80.80.70.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salmon-ksra, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358662398

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