Saddle Mountain
Saddle Mountain rises to 2,498 m in Idaho. El Capitan stands 3,025 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Creek Point, a peak 1.7 miles away. Northwest Passage Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off.
The story
mountain in Idaho County, Idaho, United States of America
Wikidata Q49070668, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2498 m
How to reach it
- 24.1 mi off the Northwest Passage Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Creek Point: 1.7 mi
- Cove Peak: 3.9 mi
- Rock Point: 4.6 mi
- Wahoo Peak: 5.2 mi
- Footstool Point: 6.4 mi
- Denton Park: 18.0 mi
- Steve Powell Park: 18.1 mi
- River Park: 18.2 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 18.3 mi
- Skalkaho Bend Park: 18.4 mi
- Poverty Slide: 4.4 mi
- Dead Elk Point: 5.6 mi
- Ohio Side: 5.9 mi
- Castle Crag: 12.9 mi
- Flathead Buttress: 13.8 mi
- Ravalli County Museum: 18.8 mi
- Historic Forest Service Museum: 20.6 mi
- Darby Pioneer Memorial Museum: 20.9 mi
- Victor Heritage Museum: 24.7 mi
- Diablo Spring: 9.3 mi
- High Spring: 23.7 mi
- Parsons Spring: 23.8 mi
- Canyon Falls: 11.3 mi
- Patsy Ann Falls: 16.2 mi
- Don Mackey Memorial: 15.2 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 19.2 mi
- H: 15.2 mi
- The V: 24.0 mi
- Concretehenge: 19.2 mi
- The Wings: 19.2 mi
- Horsehead Arch: 12.4 mi
- Como Swimming Beach: 16.6 mi
- Victor Community Garden: 24.2 mi
- Jerry Johnson Hot Springs Big Pool: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Saddle Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Capitan | SSE 150° | 3,025 m | 14.2 mi |
| West Como Peak | SE 144° | 2,916 m | 15.7 mi |
| Middle Como Peak | SE 143° | 2,904 m | 15.9 mi |
| East Como Peak | SE 141° | 2,891 m | 16.1 mi |
| Whites Mountain | SE 142° | 2,791 m | 10.0 mi |
| Ward Mountain | E 95° | 2,776 m | 12.3 mi |
| Canyon Peak | ENE 66° | 2,775 m | 9.9 mi |
| Koch Mountain | SE 132° | 2,758 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:42 | 18:11 | 18:51 |
| June solstice | 04:47 | 19:48 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:26 | 17:58 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:05 | 15:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 37 | 43 | 52 | 59 | 67 | 65 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hamilton, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 389786 — Saddle Mountain, Idaho County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358658490
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