Potato Knob
Potato Knob rises to 1,794 m in Idaho. Jughandle Mountain stands 2,533 m to the northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Mountain, a peak 3.6 miles away. Payette River Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off. 65 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49063772, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,794 m
How to reach it
- 10.8 mi off the Payette River Scenic Byway, National
65 named places within 25 miles
- Indian Mountain: 3.6 mi
- King Hill: 4.0 mi
- Beer Bottle Crossing: 4.5 mi
- Twin Sisters: 4.5 mi
- Poison Timber Point: 5.2 mi
- Cascade Park: 10.3 mi
- Armstrong Park: 11.3 mi
- Kelly's Whitewater Park: 11.6 mi
- Horsethief Reservoir State Park: 17.3 mi
- Riverfront Park: 25.0 mi
- White Licks: 9.3 mi
- The Dike: 19.1 mi
- Red Point: 20.8 mi
- Valley County Museum: 16.5 mi
- Old General Store & Museum: 16.5 mi
- Cambridge Museum: 20.5 mi
- Valley Couty Fairgrounds: 11.5 mi
- Gold Fork Hot Springs: 18.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Potato Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jughandle Mountain | NE 37° | 2,533 m | 24.9 mi |
| Granite Peak | SE 145° | 2,506 m | 10.4 mi |
| Snowbank Mountain | SE 135° | 2,489 m | 9.4 mi |
| Gold Fork Rock | ENE 69° | 2,489 m | 24.3 mi |
| Council Mountain | N 358° | 2,475 m | 11.3 mi |
| Tripod Peak | SSE 150° | 2,459 m | 13.1 mi |
| Alpine Benchmark | E 85° | 2,455 m | 22.2 mi |
| Collier Peak | SE 129° | 2,430 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:19 | 19:58 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:50 | 21:34 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:06 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 08:19 | 16:20 | 17:09 |
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 | 34 | 41 | 50 | 57 | 65 | 64 | 56 | 45 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cascade 1 NW, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358656808
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