Sheep Mountain
Sheep Mountain rises to 2,503 m in Idaho. Steel Mountain stands 2,965 m to the east-northeast, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Vaughn Hot Spring, a hot spring 5.3 miles away. Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Elmore County, Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49072910, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,502.713 m
How to reach it
- 17.2 mi off the Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway
- 26.9 mi off the Wildlife Canyon Scenic Byway
- 27.2 mi off the Oregon Trail Back Country Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Scotch Benchmark: 5.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Trinity Mountain: 7.6 mi
- Horse Ranch Mountain: 8.2 mi
- Lava Mountain: 8.6 mi
- Vaughn Hot Spring: 5.3 mi
- Ninemeyer Hot Springs: 5.5 mi
- Loftus Hot Spring: 5.9 mi
- Smith Cabin Hot Spring: 6.5 mi
- Sheep Creek Bridge Hot Springs: 8.4 mi
- John B. Brogan Park: 19.3 mi
- Naylor Park: 19.3 mi
- Macks Creek Park: 23.2 mi
- The Pioneer Fire of 2016: 19.2 mi
- The Ribbon Tree: 19.2 mi
- Rocky Bar: 10.1 mi
- Boise Basin Museum: 19.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Sheep Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steel Mountain | ENE 69° | 2,965 m | 9.3 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | NE 50° | 2,946 m | 23.3 mi |
| Nahneke Mountain | NE 53° | 2,921 m | 22.4 mi |
| Nahneke Mountain West | NE 52° | 2,915 m | 22.0 mi |
| Scenic Peak | NE 51° | 2,912 m | 22.8 mi |
| Gunsight Peak | E 90° | 2,893 m | 21.0 mi |
| Trinity Mountain | SSE 156° | 2,880 m | 7.6 mi |
| Greylock Mountain | ENE 63° | 2,854 m | 22.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:17 | 19:54 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:44 | 21:28 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 08:13 | 16:21 | 17:08 |
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 | 24 | 28 | 35 | 42 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 65 | 56 | 45 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Idaho City, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 390245 — Sheep Mountain, Elmore County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358658634
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