Teapot Dome
Teapot Dome rises to 1,435 m in Idaho. House Mountain stands 2,347 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Rattlesnake Spring, a spring 3.1 miles away. Oregon Trail Back Country Byway passes 0.8 miles off. 51 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49081702, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,435 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Oregon Trail Back Country Byway
51 named places within 25 miles
- Bennett Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Henley Benchmark: 5.4 mi
- Tollgate Hill: 5.8 mi
- Knob Benchmark: 6.2 mi
- Don Benchmark: 7.4 mi
- East Side Park: 8.8 mi
- Carl Miller Park: 9.1 mi
- Stone Tree Park: 9.3 mi
- Memorial Park: 9.3 mi
- Richard Aguirre Park: 9.3 mi
- Mountain Home Historical Museum: 9.3 mi
- Glenns Ferry Historical Museum: 19.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 3.1 mi
- Community Wall: 9.4 mi
- Big Bluff: 10.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Teapot Dome. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| House Mountain | N 5° | 2,347 m | 17.9 mi |
| Bennett Mountain | NE 38° | 2,231 m | 5.4 mi |
| Granite Mountain | N 4° | 2,078 m | 13.9 mi |
| Henley Benchmark | ENE 68° | 2,046 m | 5.4 mi |
| Danskin Peak | NNW 337° | 2,039 m | 18.0 mi |
| Camas Benchmark | NE 52° | 2,036 m | 22.1 mi |
| Summit Benchmark | ENE 66° | 2,018 m | 9.4 mi |
| Coyote Benchmark | E 84° | 1,980 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:17 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:43 | 21:26 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 08:12 | 16:24 | 17:10 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 36 | 43 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 77 | 75 | 65 | 52 | 39 | 31 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MTN Home, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 375421 — Teapot Dome, Elmore County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358653085
Day trips start here
- Mountain Home · 9 mi
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