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Teapot Dome

Teapot Dome, seen from above at true elevation

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 Oregon Trail Historical Marker, a park 2.6 miles away. Oregon Trail Back Country Byway passes 0.8 miles off. 56 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 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
1435 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.17462, -115.51675

56 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 29
Parks: 22
  • Oregon Trail Historical Marker: 2.6 mi
  • East Side Park: 8.8 mi
  • Community Garden: 9.0 mi
  • Carl Miller Park: 9.1 mi
  • Stone Tree Park: 9.3 mi
Museums: 2
  • Mountain Home Historical Museum: 9.3 mi
  • Glenns Ferry Historical Museum: 19.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Rattlesnake Spring: 3.1 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Community Wall: 9.4 mi
Cliffs: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
House MountainN 5°2,347 m17.9 mi
Bennett MountainNE 39°2,254 m6.6 mi
Bennett MountainNE 38°2,231.441 m5.4 mi
Granite MountainN 4°2,078.126 m13.9 mi
Henley BenchmarkENE 68°2,045.818 m5.4 mi
Danskin PeakNNW 337°2,039 m18.0 mi
Camas BenchmarkNE 52°2,036.064 m22.1 mi
Summit BenchmarkENE 66°2,018.081 m9.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:1719:55
June solstice06:0320:4321:26
September equinox07:3019:0419:41
December solstice08:1216:2417:10

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323643495968777565523931

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

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