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Sacajawea Peaks

Sacajawea Peaks, seen from above at true elevation

Sacajawea Peaks rises to 3,154 m in Montana. Homer Youngs Peak stands 3,234 m to the north, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Monument Peak, a peak 1.1 miles away. Sacajawea Historic Byway passes 10 miles off. 61 named places lie within 25 miles, 46 of them named summits.

The story

Sacajawea Peaks is a summit in the U.S. states of Montana and Idaho. The peaks were named for Sacajawea, an Indian guide on the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q48972068, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3154 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.25048, -113.67978

61 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 46
Parks: 6
  • City Park: 11.0 mi
  • Kid's Creek Park: 11.7 mi
  • Town Square Park: 11.8 mi
  • Island Park: 11.8 mi
  • Fort Lemhi Monument: 18.5 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Red Rock: 13.5 mi
  • Newland Ranch Picnic Site: 19.3 mi
  • Dead Water Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
Historic sites: 2
Museums: 1
  • Sacajawea Interpretive Center: 10.8 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Lemhi County Fairgrounds: 10.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Most Distant Fountain: 22.5 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Homer Youngs PeakN 2°3,234 m4.2 mi
Monument PeakNNW 327°3,134 m1.1 mi
Hirschy MountainN 351°3,134 m8.6 mi
Freeman PeakNNW 328°3,132 m1.9 mi
Center MountainSE 133°3,113 m2.1 mi
Center MountainSE 133°3,111 m2.2 mi
Copperhead PeakNNW 327°3,065 m4.4 mi
Ajax PeakNNW 333°3,028 m6.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:0819:47
June solstice05:4820:4121:27
September equinox07:2218:5519:34
December solstice08:1216:0616:56

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202638455461696757453121
Precip in0.60.40.50.81.31.60.80.60.80.80.70.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salmon-ksra, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1891147 — Sacajawea Peaks, Beaverhead County, Montana.

OpenStreetMap element node/357986654

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