Turkey Point
Turkey Point rises to 1,822 m in Idaho. Middle Sister Peak stands 2,104 m to the south, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Shefoot Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. St. Joe River Scenic Byway passes 4.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49085439, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,822 m
How to reach it
- 4.5 mi off the St. Joe River Scenic Byway
- 26.1 mi off the St. Regis-Paradise Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Shefoot Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Bluebird Point: 1.4 mi
- Tanglefoot Point: 2.5 mi
- Turner Peak: 2.5 mi
- Long Liz Point: 2.5 mi
- Shoshone Park: 11.4 mi
- Samuels Park: 16.9 mi
- Silverton Park: 19.1 mi
- Osburn Lions City Park: 21.4 mi
- Saint Joe Wild and Scenic River: 22.2 mi
- Captain John Mullan Museum: 13.2 mi
- Oasis Bordello Museum: 16.9 mi
- Wallace District Mining Museum: 17.0 mi
- Northern Pacific Depot Railroad Museum: 17.0 mi
- Barnard-Stockbridge Museum: 17.1 mi
- Morning Mine Compressor Foundations: 14.1 mi
- Wildfire: 16.7 mi
- Ten Commandments: 16.8 mi
- Time Capsule: 16.8 mi
- Veteran's Monument: 17.5 mi
- Taft: 8.2 mi
- Burke: 16.6 mi
- Frisco: 17.1 mi
- Black Bear: 17.1 mi
- The Center of the Universe: 16.9 mi
- Mine Exhibit: 17.5 mi
- Mining Equipment Displays: 17.6 mi
- Bernier Point: 4.9 mi
- Orphan Point: 22.7 mi
- Upper Landing Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
- John Mullan: 13.2 mi
- Red Ives Spring: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Turkey Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Sister Peak | S 179° | 2,104 m | 9.6 mi |
| East Sister Peak | S 174° | 2,090 m | 10.1 mi |
| Stevens Peak | NNW 327° | 2,084 m | 9.8 mi |
| West Sister Peak | S 183° | 2,053 m | 8.7 mi |
| Crittenden Peak | ENE 69° | 1,952 m | 5.3 mi |
| Wishard Peak | E 98° | 1,941 m | 7.0 mi |
| Shefoot Mountain | W 260° | 1,922 m | 1.1 mi |
| Craddock Peak | ESE 102° | 1,917 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:15 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 20:55 | 21:43 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:02 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 08:28 | 16:03 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 24 | 28 | 34 | 43 | 50 | 61 | 60 | 51 | 38 | 28 | 22 |
| Precip in | 5.9 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 3.9 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mullan Pass Vor/dme, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 392456 — Turkey Point, Shoshone County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358659380
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