Sal Mountain
Sal Mountain rises to 2,915 m in Idaho. Lem Peak stands 3,346 m to the south, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is K Mountain, a peak 4.2 miles away. Salmon River Scenic Byway passes 3.6 miles off. 54 named places lie within 25 miles, 40 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Idaho, United States of America
Wikidata Q49070908, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2915 m
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Salmon River Scenic Byway
- 7.7 mi off the Sacajawea Historic Byway
- 9.9 mi off the Lewis and Clark Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Westward View · 20 mi
- Westward Overlook - Lemhi Pass CDT Access · 20 mi
54 named places within 25 miles
- K Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Twin Peaks: 7.4 mi
- Poison Peak: 8.6 mi
- Watson Peak: 8.7 mi
- Lake Mountain: 11.8 mi
- Fort Lemhi Monument: 10.1 mi
- Sacajawea Monument: 10.3 mi
- City Park: 10.4 mi
- Kid's Creek Park: 10.8 mi
- Town Square Park: 11.5 mi
- Goldbug Hot Springs: 8.6 mi
- Sacajawea Interpretive Center: 10.5 mi
- Flag Unfurling Monument: 13.2 mi
- Lemhi County Fairgrounds: 15.0 mi
- Leesburg: 19.6 mi
- The Most Distant Fountain: 19.8 mi
- Red Point: 20.7 mi
- Red Rock: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sal Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lem Peak | S 184° | 3,346 m | 16.2 mi |
| May Mountain | S 179° | 3,309 m | 22.7 mi |
| Mill Mountain | SSE 158° | 3,271 m | 24.6 mi |
| Homer Youngs Peak | NNE 21° | 3,234 m | 22.0 mi |
| Long Mountain | S 178° | 3,209 m | 20.0 mi |
| Mogg Mountain | SSE 164° | 3,168 m | 24.9 mi |
| Sacajawea Peaks | NNE 26° | 3,154 m | 18.1 mi |
| Monument Peak | NNE 23° | 3,134 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:09 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:41 | 21:27 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 08:11 | 16:08 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 26 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 61 | 69 | 67 | 57 | 45 | 31 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
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 389841 — Sal Mountain, Lemhi County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358658510
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