Prospect Peak
Prospect Peak rises to 1,466 m in Idaho. Shafer Butte stands 2,308 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Pucker Up Peak, a peak 1.2 miles away. Payette River Scenic Byway passes 2.9 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Gem County, Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49064265, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,466 m
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Payette River Scenic Byway, National
- 4.5 mi off the Lower Payette River Heritage Scenic Byway
- 18.9 mi off the Wildlife Canyon Scenic Byway
- 19.3 mi off the Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Montour Park Campground: 5.2 mi
- Foothills Heritage Park: 5.3 mi
- Black Canyon Park: 7.8 mi
- Wild Rose Park: 9.0 mi
- Cobblestone Park: 9.0 mi
- Fly Cycles: 11.3 mi
- Takunekka: 11.3 mi
- The Rope Swing: 11.3 mi
- Aspens & Pines along the Boise River: 11.3 mi
- Radiate Positivity: 11.4 mi
- Pucker Up Peak: 1.2 mi
- Crown Point: 1.4 mi
- Bread Loaf Rock: 4.1 mi
- Regan Butte: 6.2 mi
- South Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Gem County Veteran's Monument and Tank: 9.8 mi
- Julius M. Kleiner: 15.5 mi
- Whitewater Park Engraved Stone: 15.6 mi
- Harry Morrison Dam Memorial Stone: 15.7 mi
- Old Boise Historic District Engraved Stone: 15.7 mi
- Gem County Museum: 9.7 mi
- Jim Hall Foothills Learning Center: 15.4 mi
- Northwest Science Museum Vision Center: 15.6 mi
- Idaho State Museum: 17.0 mi
- Boise Art Museum: 17.1 mi
- Waterwheel Gardens: 7.6 mi
- Garden City Pollinator Habitat: 12.9 mi
- Municipal Rose Garden: 17.1 mi
- Borah Community Garden: 17.3 mi
- All Saints Refugee Garden: 17.6 mi
- Antelope Bitterbrush Reserve: 11.1 mi
- Hawkins Range Reserve: 12.0 mi
- Eagle Fish Hatchery | Idaho Fish and Game: 12.7 mi
- Hyatt Hidden Lakes Reserve: 13.5 mi
- Hillside to Hollow Reserve: 14.2 mi
- Camille Beckman Factory: 11.6 mi
- Historic Broadway Block: 18.5 mi
- Branson Hollow: 18.6 mi
- Ford Idaho Center: 19.4 mi
- A-10: 20.1 mi
- Riverside Beach: 12.3 mi
- Baldwin: 14.7 mi
- Marianne Williams Park Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
- Skinny Dipper's Hot Springs: 21.1 mi
- The Bluffs: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Prospect Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shafer Butte | ESE 116° | 2,308 m | 11.9 mi |
| Hawley Mountain | NE 53° | 2,221 m | 16.9 mi |
| Mores Mountain | ESE 110° | 2,202 m | 11.3 mi |
| Doe Point | ESE 121° | 2,151 m | 12.1 mi |
| Deer Point | ESE 122° | 2,150 m | 12.0 mi |
| Garden Benchmark | NE 34° | 2,135 m | 23.7 mi |
| Bob's Knob | ESE 116° | 2,024 m | 13.2 mi |
| Gardiner Peak | SE 125° | 2,011 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:20 | 19:58 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:48 | 21:32 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:06 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 08:17 | 16:24 | 17:11 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 36 | 44 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 75 | 74 | 64 | 52 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Emmett 2 E, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358652404
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