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Red Mountain

Red Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Red Mountain rises to 2,076 m in Idaho. Bonneville Peak stands 2,812 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Crater, a peak 2.3 miles away. Oregon Trail-Bear Lake Scenic Byway passes 5.2 miles off. 54 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.

About

The story

mountain in Caribou County, Idaho, United States of America

Wikidata Q49067720, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2076 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.82575, -111.66440
Around it

54 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 35
Parks: 9
  • Blackfoot River Park: 5.7 mi
  • Henry Stampede Park: 7.9 mi
  • Hooper Park: 10.6 mi
  • Octagon Spring Park: 11.9 mi
  • Arthur Kelly Park: 11.9 mi
Springs: 2
Attractions: 2
  • Formation springs nature preserve: 10.6 mi
  • High Dive: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Sunken Gardens: 22.4 mi
Museums: 1
Artworks: 1
  • The Bull: 22.7 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bonneville PeakW 260°2,812 m24.5 mi
Snow PeakWSW 258°2,777 m24.5 mi
Haystack MountainWSW 252°2,748 m24.1 mi
South Putnam MountainWNW 285°2,724 m24.4 mi
Soda PeakS 174°2,707 m20.7 mi
Diamond PeakE 95°2,640 m24.4 mi
Harrington PeakSE 135°2,601 m23.6 mi
Baldy MountainSW 217°2,540 m24.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0219:39
June solstice05:4920:2621:09
September equinox07:1518:4819:26
December solstice07:5516:1016:56

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212432415058666555443222
Precip in1.31.41.41.42.31.20.81.11.81.10.81.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Soda Springs AP, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358650068

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