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The Island

The Island, seen from above at true elevation

The Island rises to 1,732 m in Idaho. Bald Mountain stands 1,966 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Wickahoney Post Office and Stage Station, a historic site 3.9 miles away. Owyhee Uplands Back Country Byway passes 22 miles off. 33 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Idaho, United States of America

Wikidata Q49082534, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1732 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.47684, -116.05399

33 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 25
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • Wickahoney Post Office and Stage Station: 3.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNW 317°1,966 m22.0 mi
Crab Spring ButteWNW 293°1,915 m11.9 mi
Otter ButtesS 175°1,914 m23.6 mi
Big Springs ButteW 270°1,869 m20.7 mi
Turner ButteSW 214°1,864 m8.0 mi
Wild Horse TableS 180°1,853 m6.1 mi
Turner TableSW 234°1,830 m7.5 mi
SugarloafNNW 330°1,812 m9.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4819:2019:57
June solstice06:0820:4321:26
September equinox07:3219:0619:43
December solstice08:1116:2917:15

Local time (America/Boise).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 398234 — The Island, Owyhee County, Idaho.

OpenStreetMap element node/358663894

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