Sparta Peak
Sparta Peak rises to 1,199 m in Idaho. Granite Peak stands 2,064 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Kings Point, a peak 2.2 miles away. White Pine Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49076236, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,199 m
How to reach it
- 22.2 mi off the White Pine Scenic Byway
- 27.4 mi off the St. Joe River Scenic Byway
- 29.7 mi off the Pend Oreille Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Kings Point: 2.2 mi
- Prichard Peak: 2.6 mi
- Uranus Peak: 3.9 mi
- Character Peak: 3.9 mi
- White Peak: 4.3 mi
- Eagle City Park: 3.5 mi
- Gene Day Park: 10.6 mi
- Osburn Lions City Park: 10.8 mi
- Kellogg City park: 11.0 mi
- Silverton Park: 11.8 mi
- Sunshine Miners Memorial: 9.8 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 11.0 mi
- Bunker Hill Zinc Plant: 12.7 mi
- Miner's Statue: 13.0 mi
- Veteran's Monument: 13.1 mi
- Maple Cliff: 5.0 mi
- Castle Rock: 6.5 mi
- Stoney Point: 14.4 mi
- Packsack Point: 16.4 mi
- Cathedral Rocks: 19.5 mi
- Spragpole Museum: 6.5 mi
- Staff House Museum: 11.1 mi
- Northern Pacific Depot Railroad Museum: 13.4 mi
- Barnard-Stockbridge Museum: 13.5 mi
- Oasis Bordello Museum: 13.5 mi
- Crystal Gold Mine: 10.4 mi
- Mining Equipment Displays: 13.0 mi
- Mine Exhibit: 13.0 mi
- The Center of the Universe: 13.6 mi
- Black Bear: 11.9 mi
- Frisco: 12.0 mi
- Burke: 12.5 mi
- Taft: 24.7 mi
- Bobtail Spring: 7.6 mi
- Bloom Spring: 9.5 mi
- John Mullan: 11.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Sparta Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Peak | ESE 124° | 2,064 m | 12.5 mi |
| Black Peak | ENE 74° | 1,989 m | 11.7 mi |
| Custer Peak | SE 143° | 1,952 m | 11.3 mi |
| Sunset Peak | SE 135° | 1,947 m | 9.8 mi |
| Kellogg Peak | SSW 209° | 1,920 m | 13.9 mi |
| East Grouse Peak | SE 139° | 1,914 m | 14.4 mi |
| Goose Peak | SE 137° | 1,903 m | 9.5 mi |
| Bennett Peak | NNW 348° | 1,894 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:48 | 19:16 | 19:57 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 20:58 | 21:46 |
| September equinox | 07:31 | 19:03 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 08:30 | 16:02 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 35 | 43 | 51 | 58 | 64 | 63 | 55 | 43 | 33 | 27 |
| Precip in | 5.9 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 6.3 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Prichard 3 ESE, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358661088
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