Smoky Mountain
Smoky Mountain rises to 2,298 m in Idaho. Cache Peak stands 3,136 m to the north, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Camp Rock, a peak 1.1 miles away. City of Rocks Back Country Byway passes 1.1 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Smoky Mountain, at 7,579 feet (2,310 m) above sea level is a peak in the Albion Mountains of Idaho. The peak is located in Cassia County about 0.35 mi (0.56 km) east of the border of City of Rocks National Reserve on land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. It is 4.7 mi (7.6 km) north of the Nevada border.
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Wikidata Q7546166, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2298 m
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the City of Rocks Back Country Byway
- 20.7 mi off the California Trail Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Dungeon: 1.4 mi
- Electric Avenue: 1.4 mi
- Crystal Cow: 1.4 mi
- Gallstone: 1.5 mi
- Checkered Demon: 1.6 mi
- Camp Rock: 1.1 mi
- Treasure Rock: 1.3 mi
- Twin Sisters: 2.4 mi
- Steinfell's Dome: 2.6 mi
- Graham Peak: 4.8 mi
- Cabin Spring: 15.6 mi
- Pine Creek Spring: 16.1 mi
- Right Fork Spring: 16.9 mi
- Big Spring: 19.8 mi
- Rhus Spring: 22.6 mi
- Castle Rocks State Park: 5.5 mi
- Almo Park: 7.2 mi
- Elba Park: 14.1 mi
- Oakley City Park: 16.4 mi
- Albion Park: 24.9 mi
- Juniper Group Campsite: 3.4 mi
- Stines Creek Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
- Window Arch: 2.2 mi
- Oakley Valley Historical Museum: 16.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Smoky Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cache Peak | N 6° | 3,136 m | 8.8 mi |
| Mount Independence | N 2° | 3,010 m | 9.5 mi |
| Independence Mountain | N 4° | 2,966 m | 9.0 mi |
| George Peak | SE 139° | 2,916 m | 15.5 mi |
| Mount Harrison | N 4° | 2,745 m | 17.3 mi |
| Graham Peak | NNW 337° | 2,684 m | 4.8 mi |
| Pomerelle Peak | N 11° | 2,670.658 m | 17.4 mi |
| Twin Peaks | SW 226° | 2,564 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:10 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:32 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:57 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 16:22 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 34 | 42 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 72 | 71 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oakley, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 397176 — Smoky Mountain, Cassia County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358662571
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