Square Mountain
Square Mountain rises to 1,849 m in Idaho. Baker Peak stands 3,098 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Moonstone Mountain, a peak 2.6 miles away. Sawtooth Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49077057, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,849 m
How to reach it
- 11.8 mi off the Sawtooth Scenic Byway
- 11.9 mi off the Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Chairlift Swing · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Moonstone Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Richardson Summit: 3.9 mi
- Kelly Mountain: 7.5 mi
- Rocky Butte: 8.0 mi
- Gilman Butte: 8.3 mi
- Heagle Park: 12.7 mi
- Lions Park: 12.8 mi
- Draper Nature Preserve: 12.8 mi
- Hop Porter Park: 13.0 mi
- Werthheimer Park: 13.1 mi
- Clay Bank Spring: 8.2 mi
- Martin Spring: 9.7 mi
- Wurst Spring: 11.3 mi
- Frenchman’s Bend Hot Springs: 17.6 mi
- Sun Valley Museum of Art: 21.5 mi
- Shoshone Bird Museum of Natural History: 22.3 mi
- Richard Arthur Olsen Museum of Natural History: 22.3 mi
- Windmill Bluff: 18.9 mi
- Big Bluff: 19.8 mi
- KECH-FM (Sun Valley): 19.7 mi
- Hemingway Memorial: 24.0 mi
- Shoshone Ice Caves: 11.8 mi
- Timmerman Rest Area: 11.8 mi
- Timmerman Rest Area: 11.9 mi
- Sawtooth Botanical Garden: 18.2 mi
- Hemingway/Northwood Natural Area: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of Square Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Peak | NNW 336° | 3,098 m | 21.5 mi |
| Big Peak | NNW 330° | 3,049 m | 22.5 mi |
| North Smoky Dome | WNW 290° | 3,029 m | 22.7 mi |
| Peak 9728 | NNW 347° | 2,965 m | 21.7 mi |
| Third Peak | WNW 288° | 2,946 m | 22.0 mi |
| Shaw Mountain | NNW 334° | 2,931 m | 17.7 mi |
| Second Peak | WNW 289° | 2,904 m | 21.3 mi |
| Bear Peak | NNW 348° | 2,891 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:13 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:39 | 21:23 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 08:08 | 16:19 | 17:06 |
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 | 25 | 29 | 38 | 47 | 54 | 62 | 71 | 69 | 60 | 48 | 35 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bellevue, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358658959
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