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Rough Mountain

Rough Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Rough Mountain rises to 1,906 m in Idaho. South Mountain stands 2,361 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Creek Point, a cliff 3.7 miles away. Owyhee Uplands Back Country Byway passes 8.1 miles off. 43 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.

The story

Mountain in Owyhee County, Idaho, United States of America; geonames ID = 5605877.

Wikidata Q49069513, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1,906 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.40433, -116.78346

43 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 38
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 1
  • Owyhee Falls: 10.1 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Three Forks Hot Spring: 22.2 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South MountainNNW2,361 m24.0 mi
Juniper MountainNW2,062 m4.5 mi
Ant HillNE1,933 m25.0 mi
Bald MountainWSW1,870 m9.9 mi
Big Springs ButteENE1,869 m17.2 mi
The ButtesW1,807 m9.0 mi
Herds VW1,798 m7.5 mi
Slack MountainNNE1,780 m12.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5119:2220:00
June solstice06:1120:4621:28
September equinox07:3519:0919:46
December solstice08:1416:3317:18

Local time (America/Boise).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 398072 — Rough Mountain, Owyhee County, Idaho.

OpenStreetMap element node/358663725

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