Sugar Mountain
Sugar Mountain rises to 2,661 m in Idaho. Big Baldy stands 2,951 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Missouri Ridge, a peak 2.9 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Valley County, Idaho, United States.
Wikidata Q49079140, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,661 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Missouri Ridge: 2.9 mi
- Cinnabar Peak: 3.3 mi
- The Pinnacles: 4.3 mi
- Rainbow Peak: 4.4 mi
- Pyramid Point: 4.6 mi
- Quartz Ridge: 6.7 mi
- Cox Point: 9.3 mi
- McFadden Point: 14.1 mi
- Bear Creek Point: 21.9 mi
- Kwiskwis Hot Spring: 10.9 mi
- Rainbow Spring: 15.1 mi
- Soldier Spring: 25.0 mi
- The Outpost: 8.7 mi
- Yellow Pine Elementary School: 8.8 mi
- Mile 15 Hot Spring: 20.6 mi
- Sunflower Hot Springs: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Sugar Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Baldy | SSE 160° | 2,951 m | 13.9 mi |
| Red Peak Benchmark | SE 144° | 2,917 m | 8.9 mi |
| Red Peak | SE 141° | 2,886 m | 9.9 mi |
| Rainbow Peak | E 98° | 2,842 m | 4.4 mi |
| Red Ridge | SE 126° | 2,841 m | 9.8 mi |
| Center Mountain | NNE 27° | 2,835 m | 10.0 mi |
| The Pinnacles | NNW 340° | 2,826 m | 4.3 mi |
| Murphy Peak | SSE 150° | 2,816 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:15 | 19:54 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:47 | 21:32 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 08:17 | 16:14 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 28 | 35 | 42 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 66 | 57 | 45 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yellowpine, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358659054
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