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Sugar Bowl

Sugar Bowl, seen from above at true elevation

Sugar Bowl rises to 887 m in Idaho. Bennett Mountain stands 2,254 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Kings Crown, a peak 3.4 miles away. Oregon Trail Back Country Byway passes 2.8 miles off. 67 named places lie within 25 miles, 37 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Idaho, United States of America

Wikidata Q49079020, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
887 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.99323, -115.24201

Overlooks nearby

67 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 37
Parks: 20
  • City Park: 4.5 mi
  • Three Island Crossing State Park: 5.3 mi
  • Three Island State Park: 5.6 mi
  • Three Island Crossing State Park: 6.0 mi
  • Malad Gorge State Park: 20.6 mi
Museums: 3
  • Glenns Ferry Historical Museum: 4.2 mi
  • Hagerman National monument and thousand springs state park visitor center: 21.1 mi
  • Mountain Home Historical Museum: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Bliss Rest Area, I-84 Westbound: 9.3 mi
  • Bliss Rest Area, I-84 Eastbound: 9.4 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Devil's washbowl waterfall: 21.4 mi
  • Salmon Falls: 23.3 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Historic Oregon Trail 1840-1860: 21.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Rattlesnake Spring: 21.7 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Community Wall: 24.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sugar Bowl. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bennett MountainNNW 331°2,254 m20.2 mi
Bennett MountainNNW 328°2,231.441 m19.8 mi
Davis MountainNE 47°2,070 m22.5 mi
Henley BenchmarkNNW 329°2,045.818 m17.1 mi
Summit BenchmarkNNW 342°2,018.081 m17.2 mi
The KnobNE 37°2,002 m19.4 mi
The KnobNE 37°1,992 m19.5 mi
Coyote BenchmarkN 355°1,980.286 m13.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:1619:53
June solstice06:0320:4121:24
September equinox07:2919:0319:40
December solstice08:1016:2417:10

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343846536270797666544234
Precip in1.50.81.00.91.10.70.20.30.41.01.11.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glenns Ferry, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 375320 — Sugar Bowl, Elmore County, Idaho.

OpenStreetMap element node/358652976

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