Red Mountain
Red Mountain rises to 2,125 m in Idaho. Smoky Dome stands 3,077 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Dog Mountain, a peak 3.2 miles away. Oregon Trail Back Country Byway passes 22 miles off.
The story
mountain in Elmore County, Idaho, United States of America
Wikidata Q49067723, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2125 m
How to reach it
- 21.9 mi off the Oregon Trail Back Country Byway
- 27.8 mi off the Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Dog Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Dog Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Trinity Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Lava Mountain: 7.7 mi
- House Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Loftus Hot Spring: 16.1 mi
- Smith Cabin Hot Spring: 16.3 mi
- Vaughn Hot Spring: 16.4 mi
- Sheep Creek Bridge Hot Springs: 16.5 mi
- Ninemeyer Hot Springs: 17.1 mi
- Soldier Mountain Game Preserve: 17.1 mi
- Oregon Trail Historical Marker: 24.3 mi
- Rocky Bar: 12.3 mi
- Big Bluff: 19.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.7 miles of Red Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoky Dome | E 97° | 3,076.956 m | 24.1 mi |
| North Smoky Dome | E 96° | 3,028.798 m | 24.5 mi |
| Ross Peak | ENE 57° | 2,970 m | 23.9 mi |
| Steel Mountain | NNE 18° | 2,965 m | 15.4 mi |
| Peak 9712 | E 91° | 2,960 m | 19.1 mi |
| Iron Mountain | E 89° | 2,942 m | 18.5 mi |
| Gunsight Peak | ENE 57° | 2,893 m | 20.5 mi |
| Boardman Peak | E 94° | 2,882 m | 21.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:16 | 19:54 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:43 | 21:27 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 08:12 | 16:22 | 17:09 |
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 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 42 | 50 | 57 | 66 | 65 | 56 | 44 | 31 | 21 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hill City 1 W, 24 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358658277
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