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Shares Snout

Shares Snout, seen from above at true elevation

Shares Snout rises to 1,419 m in Idaho. Slacks Mountain stands 2,219 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Mountain, a peak 2.8 miles away. Snake River Canyon Scenic Byway passes 6.7 miles off.

The story

mountain in Idaho, United States of America

Wikidata Q49072579, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1419 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.37627, -116.82541

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Marsing Island Park: 11.8 mi
  • Lake Lowell Park: 15.5 mi
  • Lower Dam Recreation Area--Deer Flat NWR: 15.7 mi
  • Mallard Park: 16.3 mi
  • Fall River Park: 16.6 mi
Museums: 8
  • Melba Valley Museum: 14.9 mi
  • Owyhee County Historical Society Museum and Library: 17.7 mi
  • Nampa Train Depot Museum and Interpretive Center: 19.4 mi
  • Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History: 20.5 mi
  • Warhawk Air Museum: 20.9 mi
Springs: 7
  • Horse Trap Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Meadowlark Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Briar Spring: 17.9 mi
  • Tiddie Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Black Horse Spring: 19.8 mi
Cliffs: 4
Historic sites: 4
  • Nampa Christian Field: 19.0 mi
  • Wees Bar Petroglyphs: 20.7 mi
  • Canyon County Veteran Memorial: 21.2 mi
  • Benjamin Priest Ranch: 22.0 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Tate's Rents: 17.1 mi
  • Rose Garden: 20.1 mi
  • Caldwell Veteran's Garden: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Attractions: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Givens Hot Springs: 6.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • Wilson Springs: 17.5 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Jesus Christ: 18.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Shares Snout. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slacks MountainSSE 168°2,219 m21.5 mi
Twin PeaksS 184°2,142 m20.0 mi
Tennessee MountainS 175°2,129 m22.4 mi
Glass HillS 173°2,074 m21.3 mi
Puhitempi KuaikateteSSW 201°2,051 m8.4 mi
Black MountainSSE 162°2,015 m18.0 mi
Little Sugar LoafSSE 163°1,946 m20.3 mi
Rooster Comb PeakS 178°1,918 m16.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5119:2220:00
June solstice06:0820:4821:32
September equinox07:3519:0919:46
December solstice08:1716:2817:15

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303340455461706960483629
Precip in1.10.81.00.91.40.80.30.30.40.70.91.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reynolds, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 397147 — Shares Snout, Owyhee County, Idaho.

OpenStreetMap element node/358662530

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