Sugar Bowl
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
- 2.8 mi off the Oregon Trail Back Country Byway
- 16.0 mi off the Thousand Springs Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- point 6 · 21 mi
- Woodys cove interpretive area · 21 mi
- point 3 · 21 mi
- viewpoint 2 · 21 mi
67 named places within 25 miles
- Kings Crown: 3.4 mi
- Black Mesa: 6.2 mi
- Gopher Knoll: 7.4 mi
- Flint Mesa: 9.0 mi
- Pioneer Butte: 9.6 mi
- 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
- 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
- Bliss Rest Area, I-84 Westbound: 9.3 mi
- Bliss Rest Area, I-84 Eastbound: 9.4 mi
- Devil's washbowl waterfall: 21.4 mi
- Salmon Falls: 23.3 mi
- Historic Oregon Trail 1840-1860: 21.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 21.7 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bennett Mountain | NNW 331° | 2,254 m | 20.2 mi |
| Bennett Mountain | NNW 328° | 2,231.441 m | 19.8 mi |
| Davis Mountain | NE 47° | 2,070 m | 22.5 mi |
| Henley Benchmark | NNW 329° | 2,045.818 m | 17.1 mi |
| Summit Benchmark | NNW 342° | 2,018.081 m | 17.2 mi |
| The Knob | NE 37° | 2,002 m | 19.4 mi |
| The Knob | NE 37° | 1,992 m | 19.5 mi |
| Coyote Benchmark | N 355° | 1,980.286 m | 13.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:16 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:41 | 21:24 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:03 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 08:10 | 16:24 | 17:10 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 38 | 46 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 79 | 76 | 66 | 54 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
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
Day trips start here
- Mountain Home · 25 mi
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