The Tongue
The Tongue rises to 1,471 m in Idaho. Juniper Mountain stands 2,062 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Owyhee Falls, a waterfall 4.9 miles away. Owyhee Uplands Back Country Byway passes 15 miles off. 45 named places lie within 25 miles, 39 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49083046, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,471 m
How to reach it
- 14.9 mi off the Owyhee Uplands Back Country Byway
45 named places within 25 miles
- Lambert Table: 4.9 mi
- Spring Butte: 6.6 mi
- Bald Mountain: 7.2 mi
- The Dome: 8.2 mi
- Rough Mountain: 8.4 mi
- Bear Creek Point: 7.1 mi
- Tent Creek Point: 17.6 mi
- Windy Point: 19.5 mi
- Three Forks Rim: 23.2 mi
- Owyhee Falls: 4.9 mi
- Three Forks Hot Spring: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Tongue. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juniper Mountain | N 358° | 2,062 m | 10.4 mi |
| Rough Mountain | NNE 23° | 1,906 m | 8.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 304° | 1,870 m | 7.2 mi |
| Big Springs Butte | ENE 58° | 1,869 m | 23.4 mi |
| The Buttes | NW 321° | 1,807 m | 9.0 mi |
| Herds V | NNW 335° | 1,798 m | 9.7 mi |
| Slack Mountain | NNE 26° | 1,780 m | 20.8 mi |
| Black Butte | WSW 246° | 1,778 m | 22.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:51 | 19:23 | 20:00 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:46 | 21:28 |
| September equinox | 07:36 | 19:09 | 19:46 |
| December solstice | 08:14 | 16:33 | 17:19 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358663899
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