Snowy Top
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Snowy Top rises to 2,248 m in Idaho. Smith Peak stands 2,325 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Snowy Top, a peak 1.5 miles away. International Selkirk Scenic Loop passes 13 miles off.
The story
Snowy Top, also known as Snowy Top Mountain, is a 7,572-foot-elevation (2,308 m) mountain summit in Boundary County, Idaho, United States.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q49075302, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2248 m
How to reach it
- 13.5 mi off the International Selkirk Scenic Loop, National
- 14.2 mi off the JCT SR 20 VIC TIGER TO THE CANADIAN BORDER
- 22.1 mi off the Wild Horse Trail Scenic Byway
- 28.4 mi off the JCT SR 97 VIC TONASKET TO JCT SR 2 VIC NEWPORT
Overlooks nearby
- Riverside Canyon Overlook · 17 mi
- Delaurentiis Bluffs · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Snowy Top: 1.5 mi
- Kaniksu Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Continental Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Mount Irene: 4.4 mi
- The Crags: 4.6 mi
- American Falls: 2.2 mi
- Priest Falls: 2.9 mi
- LaSota Falls: 15.9 mi
- Upper Granite Falls: 15.9 mi
- Lower Granite Falls: 15.9 mi
- Carl Harvey Gravesite: 15.3 mi
- Granite Falls Overlook: 15.9 mi
- Gerald Lindquist memorial: 18.3 mi
- Log Cabin at Grandview Mine and Mill: 18.8 mi
- Josephine Mill 2: 19.1 mi
- Cardinal Basins Recreation Site: 1.8 mi
- Library park: 19.6 mi
- Metaline Waterfront Park: 20.6 mi
- Stagger Inn Day Use Area: 15.9 mi
- Mill Pond Historic Site picnic area: 16.9 mi
- Maitlen Creek Research Natural Area: 21.7 mi
- Sherman Creek Wildlife Area: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Snowy Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Peak | SE 127° | 2,325 m | 18.0 mi |
| Hulme Peak | NE 34° | 2,277 m | 17.0 mi |
| Gypsy Peak | WSW 247° | 2,226 m | 8.2 mi |
| The Crags | NNW 345° | 2,208 m | 4.6 mi |
| Abandon Mountain | SE 136° | 2,131 m | 17.2 mi |
| Saddle Mountain | ESE 106° | 2,101 m | 10.2 mi |
| Lake Mountain | SE 124° | 2,099 m | 16.2 mi |
| Little Snowy Top | SSW 211° | 2,080 m | 1.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:19 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 04:44 | 20:06 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:06 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 08:40 | 15:58 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Creston).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 30 | 37 | 45 | 54 | 60 | 68 | 67 | 58 | 45 | 34 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boundary DAM, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 390789 — Snowy Top, Boundary County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358658855
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