Sheep Mountain
Sheep Mountain rises to 2,911 m in Idaho. Rendezvous Peak stands 3,328 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Windy Peak, a peak 0.5 miles away. Teton Scenic Byway passes 9.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Bonneville County, Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49072902, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,911 m
How to reach it
- 9.5 mi off the Teton Scenic Byway
- 19.2 mi off the Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway
- 26.6 mi off the Pioneer Historic Byway, National
- 26.6 mi off the Oregon Trail-Bear Lake Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Flat Creek Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Windy Peak: 0.5 mi
- Sheep Creek Peak: 2.3 mi
- Little Baldy Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Baldy Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Little Elk Peak: 3.6 mi
- Sherman Park: 14.7 mi
- Brookside Park: 15.0 mi
- Owen Bircher Park: 16.5 mi
- Sheep Gulch Boating Site: 17.6 mi
- Rendezvous Park: 17.9 mi
- Old Chimney Kiln: 12.0 mi
- Green Knoll Fire Memorial: 16.4 mi
- Jackson Hole Veteran Monument: 21.2 mi
- rendevous mtn trail: 20.1 mi
- Antler Arch: 21.1 mi
- Darby Ice Cave: 21.4 mi
- Palisades Waterfall: 3.3 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 11.2 mi
- Wilson School Garden: 16.8 mi
- May Park Community Gardens: 21.9 mi
- Paradise Spring: 18.0 mi
- Millers Springs: 22.6 mi
- Jackson Hole Historical Society Museum: 21.2 mi
- National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States: 22.7 mi
- Palisades Bench: 4.1 mi
- Bear Creek Hot Spring: 11.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Sheep Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rendezvous Peak | NE 47° | 3,328 m | 17.9 mi |
| Cody Peak | NE 45° | 3,279 m | 19.3 mi |
| No-Name Peak | NE 46° | 3,263 m | 18.9 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | NE 43° | 3,152 m | 13.4 mi |
| Mount Glory | NE 53° | 3,063 m | 13.5 mi |
| Mount Baird | ESE 118° | 3,048 m | 4.0 mi |
| Observation Peak | SE 124° | 3,037 m | 13.0 mi |
| Elkhorn Peak | SE 124° | 3,024 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 18:59 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:26 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 16:06 | 16:52 |
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 | 21 | 24 | 33 | 42 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 22 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Swan Valley, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 398118 — Sheep Mountain, Bonneville County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358663775
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