Sugarloaf
Sugarloaf rises to 1,812 m in Idaho. Rough Mountain stands 2,148 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is The Hat, a peak 2.4 miles away. Owyhee Uplands Back Country Byway passes 13 miles off. 33 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Owyhee County, Idaho, United States of America; geonames ID = 5609188.
Wikidata Q49079276, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,812 m
How to reach it
- 12.9 mi off the Owyhee Uplands Back Country Byway
33 named places within 25 miles
- The Hat: 2.4 mi
- Crab Spring Butte: 7.1 mi
- The Island: 9.6 mi
- Between the Creeks: 11.0 mi
- Bald Mountain: 12.8 mi
- Black Rocks: 15.3 mi
- City of Rocks: 20.6 mi
- Comical Turn: 2.5 mi
- Aivuhi Paatetsopai’i: 6.9 mi
- Wickahoney Post Office and Stage Station: 12.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sugarloaf. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rough Mountain | NW 314° | 2,148 m | 15.7 mi |
| Clover Mountain | NW 305° | 2,093 m | 16.7 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 307° | 1,966 m | 12.8 mi |
| Ant Hill | WNW 290° | 1,933 m | 17.3 mi |
| Crab Spring Butte | WSW 239° | 1,915 m | 7.1 mi |
| Doyle Mountain | NW 324° | 1,878 m | 19.8 mi |
| Big Springs Butte | WSW 242° | 1,869 m | 17.9 mi |
| Turner Butte | S 178° | 1,864 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:20 | 19:57 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:44 | 21:27 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:06 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 08:12 | 16:29 | 17:15 |
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 | 35 | 40 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 78 | 76 | 67 | 55 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bruneau, 26 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358652987
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