Porphyry Peak
Porphyry Peak rises to 3,052 m in Idaho. Leatherman Peak stands 3,727 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Flat Top, a peak 1.5 miles away. Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49063474, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,051.66 m
How to reach it
- 10.6 mi off the Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway
- 25.0 mi off the Sawtooth Scenic Byway
- 29.4 mi off the Salmon River Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Flat Top: 1.5 mi
- Castle Rock: 2.1 mi
- White Knob Mountains: 3.9 mi
- Lehman Butte: 6.3 mi
- Starhope Benchmark: 6.5 mi
- Bartlett Point: 6.4 mi
- The Nose: 16.0 mi
- Birch Springs: 15.1 mi
- Pia Soko Patezopai’I: 24.1 mi
- Custer County Fair Grounds: 16.6 mi
- Earthquake Interpretive Site: 16.7 mi
- City of Mackay Tourist Park: 16.6 mi
- Hemingway Memorial: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Porphyry Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leatherman Peak | NE 46° | 3,727 m | 15.2 mi |
| Mount Idaho | NE 36° | 3,677 m | 15.0 mi |
| Bad Rock | NE 49° | 3,643 m | 15.1 mi |
| Goat Mountain | SW 221° | 3,631 m | 14.3 mi |
| The Fin | SSW 199° | 3,627 m | 11.3 mi |
| White Cap Peak | NE 43° | 3,627 m | 14.6 mi |
| The Devils Bedstead East | SW 227° | 3,616 m | 13.4 mi |
| Standhope Peak | SSW 199° | 3,616 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:10 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:39 | 21:23 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 08:08 | 16:14 | 17:01 |
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 | 19 | 22 | 32 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 63 | 54 | 43 | 29 | 19 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chilly Barton Flat, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358666189
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