Sheep Horn Mountain
Sheep Horn Mountain rises to 2,517 m in Idaho. Mount McGuire stands 3,075 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Mormon Mountain, a peak 3.9 miles away. Salmon River Scenic Byway passes 48 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49072798, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,517 m
How to reach it
- 48.1 mi off the Salmon River Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Mormon Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Rush Creek Point: 3.9 mi
- Two Point Peak: 4.4 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Shellrock Peak: 6.0 mi
- Warm Spring: 13.6 mi
- Kwiskwis Hot Spring: 19.5 mi
- Stub Creek Spring: 23.6 mi
- Table Spring: 23.8 mi
- Grass Mountain Spring: 24.1 mi
- Aparejo Point: 13.6 mi
- Cox Point: 15.7 mi
- McFadden Point: 18.7 mi
- Quartz Ridge: 24.5 mi
- Hospital Hot Spring: 16.3 mi
- Loon Creek Hot Spring: 18.3 mi
- Cox Hot Springs: 18.4 mi
- Sunflower Hot Springs: 21.7 mi
- Veil Falls: 12.6 mi
- Golden Creek Falls: 13.1 mi
- Nugget Creek Falls: 17.4 mi
- Idaho Primitive Area: 15.3 mi
- Earl Parrot's Cabin: 17.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Sheep Horn Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount McGuire | ENE 62° | 3,075 m | 19.4 mi |
| Aggipah Mountain | ENE 63° | 2,997 m | 17.2 mi |
| Red Peak Benchmark | SW 226° | 2,917 m | 17.4 mi |
| Wilson Mountain | ENE 79° | 2,914 m | 16.3 mi |
| Mormon Mountain | ESE 118° | 2,902 m | 3.9 mi |
| Red Peak | SW 223° | 2,886 m | 17.0 mi |
| Two Point Peak | SSE 147° | 2,855 m | 4.4 mi |
| Shellrock Peak | S 173° | 2,855 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:14 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 04:54 | 19:46 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:00 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:13 | 16:01 |
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 | 24 | 29 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 70 | 68 | 59 | 46 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Taylor RCH, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 390235 — Sheep Horn Mountain, Valley County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358658609
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