Rainbow Peak
Rainbow Peak rises to 2,842 m in Idaho. Big Baldy stands 2,951 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Pyramid Point, a peak 2.2 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49066454, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,842.26 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Pyramid Point: 2.2 mi
- Dewey Hill: 4.1 mi
- Marble: 4.3 mi
- Monumental Summit: 4.3 mi
- Sugar Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Sunflower Hot Springs: 19.8 mi
- Cox Hot Springs: 22.0 mi
- Hospital Hot Spring: 23.1 mi
- Loon Creek Hot Spring: 23.6 mi
- Mile 15 Hot Spring: 24.3 mi
- Cox Point: 6.2 mi
- Quartz Ridge: 11.0 mi
- McFadden Point: 14.9 mi
- Aparejo Point: 24.5 mi
- Kwiskwis Hot Spring: 9.1 mi
- Rainbow Spring: 19.4 mi
- The Outpost: 13.0 mi
- Yellow Pine Elementary School: 13.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Rainbow Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Baldy | S 178° | 2,951 m | 12.4 mi |
| Red Peak Benchmark | S 172° | 2,917 m | 6.6 mi |
| Red Peak | SSE 165° | 2,886 m | 7.3 mi |
| Shellrock Peak | E 92° | 2,855 m | 14.2 mi |
| Two Point Peak | E 83° | 2,855 m | 16.0 mi |
| Red Ridge | SE 145° | 2,841 m | 6.3 mi |
| Center Mountain | N 1° | 2,835 m | 9.6 mi |
| The Pinnacles | NW 309° | 2,826 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:15 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:47 | 21:32 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 08:17 | 16:14 | 17:03 |
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 | 24 | 28 | 35 | 42 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 66 | 57 | 45 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yellowpine, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 389048 — Rainbow Peak, Valley County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358658188
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