Salmon Point
Salmon Point rises to 868 m in Idaho. He Devil stands 2,863 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Shorts Bar Beach, a beach 0.5 miles away. Hells Canyon Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49070952, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 868 m
How to reach it
- 22.6 mi off the Hells Canyon Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Upper Gospel Lake Viewpoint · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Schoolmarm Peak: 1.0 mi
- Preacher Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Whiskey Butte: 3.8 mi
- Indian Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Berg Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Indian Spring: 5.9 mi
- Clyde Spring: 7.0 mi
- Morrison Ridge Spring: 8.3 mi
- Martin Spring: 8.4 mi
- Aitken Spring: 8.5 mi
- Shorts Bar Beach: 0.5 mi
- Music Bar: 6.0 mi
- Twin Bridges Beach: 16.8 mi
- Skookumchuck Beach: 19.6 mi
- Red Ledge: 21.9 mi
- Buck Park: 12.4 mi
- Slate Creek Recreation Site: 15.8 mi
- Rapid National Wild River: 16.8 mi
- City Park: 23.6 mi
- Hammer Creek Recreation Site: 23.9 mi
- Devils Ladder: 6.7 mi
- The Projects: 7.0 mi
- Lockwood Point: 13.0 mi
- Rock Creek Point: 20.1 mi
- Allison Creek Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
- Upper Pittsburg Landing: 15.7 mi
- Skookumchuck Recreation Site: 19.6 mi
- Sheep Creek Rest Stop: 5.6 mi
- Kirkwood Ranch Museum: 13.8 mi
- Florence: 14.7 mi
- Pittsburg Rockart Interpertive Site: 16.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Salmon Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| He Devil | WSW 241° | 2,863 m | 13.4 mi |
| She Devil | WSW 240° | 2,862 m | 13.1 mi |
| Devils Throne | WSW 238° | 2,830 m | 14.2 mi |
| The Ogre | WSW 238° | 2,819 m | 12.9 mi |
| Tower of Babel | WSW 240° | 2,807 m | 12.4 mi |
| The Goblin | WSW 237° | 2,739 m | 12.7 mi |
| Twin Imps | WSW 237° | 2,733 m | 14.8 mi |
| Mount Belial | WSW 238° | 2,712 m | 13.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:19 | 19:58 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:52 | 21:38 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:06 | 19:45 |
| December solstice | 08:23 | 16:16 | 17:05 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 43 | 48 | 56 | 62 | 71 | 71 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Riggins, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 398087 — Salmon Point, Idaho County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358663743
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