Red Mountain
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.
The story
Mountain in Caribou County, Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49067720, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,076 m
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Oregon Trail-Bear Lake Scenic Byway
- 5.2 mi off the Pioneer Historic Byway, National
- 11.9 mi off the Oregon Trail Bear Lake Scenic Byway
54 named places within 25 miles
- Little Crater: 2.3 mi
- China Hat: 3.3 mi
- China Cap: 3.6 mi
- North Cone: 4.3 mi
- Reservoir Mountain: 5.7 mi
- 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
- Hooper Spring: 10.6 mi
- Soda Springs Geyser: 12.0 mi
- Formation springs nature preserve: 10.6 mi
- High Dive: 22.7 mi
- Chesterfield: 12.4 mi
- Dempsey: 21.8 mi
- Soda Point: 12.9 mi
- Sunken Gardens: 22.4 mi
- The Bull: 22.7 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonneville Peak | W 260° | 2,812 m | 24.5 mi |
| Snow Peak | WSW 258° | 2,777 m | 24.5 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | WSW 252° | 2,748 m | 24.1 mi |
| South Putnam Mountain | WNW 285° | 2,724 m | 24.4 mi |
| Soda Peak | S 174° | 2,707 m | 20.7 mi |
| Diamond Peak | E 95° | 2,640 m | 24.4 mi |
| Harrington Peak | SE 135° | 2,601 m | 23.6 mi |
| Baldy Mountain | SW 217° | 2,540 m | 24.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:02 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:26 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 16:10 | 16:56 |
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 | 21 | 24 | 32 | 41 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 65 | 55 | 44 | 32 | 22 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Soda Springs AP, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358650068
Day trips start here
- Soda Springs · 12 mi
- Lava Hot Springs · 23 mi
- Southeastern Idaho · 27 mi
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