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The Pinnacles

The Pinnacles rises to 2,826 m in Idaho. Red Peak Benchmark stands 2,917 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Goat Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away.

The story

Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49082849, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2,826.41 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.03034, -115.34562

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 4
  • Rainbow Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Kwiskwis Hot Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Soldier Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Quartz Spring: 21.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Mile 15 Hot Spring: 21.4 mi
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of The Pinnacles. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Red Peak BenchmarkSSE2,917 m13.1 mi
Red PeakSSE2,886 m14.0 mi
Rainbow PeakSE2,842 m7.4 mi
Red RidgeSE2,841 m13.6 mi
Center MountainNE2,835 m7.7 mi
Murphy PeakSSE2,816 m10.7 mi
Greeley MountainNW2,812 m7.3 mi
Battleaxe MountainSE2,804 m16.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1518:54
June solstice04:5519:4720:33
September equinox06:2918:0218:41
December solstice07:1815:1416:03

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242835425058666657453324
Precip in2.72.02.72.11.82.10.90.71.32.12.73.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yellowpine, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358659222

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