Quartz Mountain
Quartz Mountain rises to 1,251 m in Idaho. Hunt Peak stands 2,119 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Pewee Peak, a peak 2.5 miles away. Panhandle Historic Rivers Passage passes 9.8 miles off. 107 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49066072, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,251 m
How to reach it
- 9.8 mi off the Panhandle Historic Rivers Passage
- 9.3 mi off the International Selkirk Scenic Loop, National
- 18.4 mi off the Wild Horse Trail Scenic Byway
- 18.4 mi off the Pend Oreille Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Popsicle Bridge · 18 mi
107 named places within 25 miles
- Pewee Peak: 2.5 mi
- Jasper Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Cottonwood Point: 3.5 mi
- Stone Johnny: 5.4 mi
- Bead Lake Peak: 5.7 mi
- Pataky's Bench: 7.4 mi
- Marshall Lake Public Access Area: 7.5 mi
- Pioneer Park: 9.1 mi
- Geophysical Sno-Park: 9.2 mi
- Canyon Creek Recreational Natural Area: 9.3 mi
- Pend Oreille County Historical Museum: 10.9 mi
- Priest Lake Museum: 15.2 mi
- Bonner County Museum & Arboretum: 18.2 mi
- Uleda Point: 12.3 mi
- Galena Point: 13.1 mi
- Mill Creek Point: 14.0 mi
- Mission Falls: 6.9 mi
- Hunt Falls: 17.9 mi
- Pend Oreille County Fairground: 16.5 mi
- Indian Rock: 18.0 mi
- City Beach: 19.0 mi
- Dog Beach: 19.3 mi
- Benton Spring: 8.7 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 19.1 mi
- Ledgewood Bay Picnic Ground: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Quartz Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunt Peak | NE 35° | 2,119 m | 20.0 mi |
| Mount Casey | ENE 58° | 2,027 m | 14.1 mi |
| Blue Mountain | ENE 68° | 1,997 m | 14.9 mi |
| Keokee Mountain | ENE 62° | 1,967 m | 14.9 mi |
| Flattop | NE 50° | 1,962 m | 15.7 mi |
| Jeru Peak | NE 42° | 1,942 m | 18.7 mi |
| Atlasta Mountain | NE 56° | 1,935 m | 13.0 mi |
| Sundance Mountain | NE 38° | 1,918 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:19 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 04:47 | 20:04 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:06 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 15:02 | 15:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 36 | 44 | 53 | 59 | 65 | 64 | 56 | 43 | 33 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Priest RVR EXP STN, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 398020 — Quartz Mountain, Bonner County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358663678
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