Thunder Mountain
Thunder Mountain rises to 2,612 m in Idaho. Big Baldy stands 2,951 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Lightning Peak, a peak 0.3 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Valley County, Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49083595, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,612 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Lightning Peak: 0.3 mi
- Dewey Hill: 0.7 mi
- Black Pole: 3.5 mi
- Red Ridge: 4.4 mi
- Rainbow Peak: 4.7 mi
- Cox Point: 5.3 mi
- Quartz Ridge: 15.7 mi
- McFadden Point: 17.2 mi
- Aparejo Point: 19.8 mi
- Sunflower Hot Springs: 16.7 mi
- Cox Hot Springs: 17.8 mi
- Hospital Hot Spring: 18.5 mi
- Loon Creek Hot Spring: 19.2 mi
- Kwiskwis Hot Spring: 9.2 mi
- Warm Spring: 20.9 mi
- Rainbow Spring: 24.1 mi
- The Outpost: 17.6 mi
- Yellow Pine Elementary School: 17.7 mi
- Veil Falls: 23.4 mi
- Golden Creek Falls: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Thunder Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Baldy | SSW 200° | 2,951 m | 12.3 mi |
| Red Peak Benchmark | SSW 212° | 2,917 m | 6.8 mi |
| Mormon Mountain | ENE 70° | 2,902 m | 13.1 mi |
| Red Peak | SSW 204° | 2,886 m | 6.7 mi |
| Shellrock Peak | E 87° | 2,855 m | 9.6 mi |
| Two Point Peak | ENE 77° | 2,855 m | 11.6 mi |
| Rainbow Peak | W 280° | 2,842 m | 4.7 mi |
| Red Ridge | SSW 193° | 2,841 m | 4.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:44 | 19:14 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:46 | 21:31 |
| September equinox | 07:28 | 19:01 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 08:16 | 16:14 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 29 | 37 | 44 | 52 | 60 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 46 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Middle Fork Lodge, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358659266
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