Twin Sisters
Twin Sisters rises to 1,530 m in Idaho. Granite Peak stands 2,506 m to the east-southeast, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is King Hill, a peak 2.1 miles away. Payette River Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 61 named places lie within 25 miles, 48 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Idaho, United States of America
Wikidata Q49086322, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1530 m
How to reach it
- 13.4 mi off the Payette River Scenic Byway, National
- 29.4 mi off the Wildlife Canyon Scenic Byway
61 named places within 25 miles
- King Hill: 2.1 mi
- Mill Creek Summit: 3.1 mi
- Four Bit Summit: 4.2 mi
- Buck Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Potato Knob: 4.5 mi
- Cascade Park: 12.7 mi
- Armstrong Park: 13.7 mi
- Kelly's Whitewater Park: 14.0 mi
- Horsethief Reservoir State Park: 19.8 mi
- White Licks: 13.6 mi
- The Dike: 23.1 mi
- Red Point: 24.4 mi
- Cambridge Museum: 18.6 mi
- Valley County Museum: 21.0 mi
- Old General Store & Museum: 21.0 mi
- Valley Couty Fairgrounds: 13.8 mi
- Baird Cabin: 22.0 mi
- Gold Fork Hot Springs: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Twin Sisters. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Peak | ESE 119° | 2,506 m | 9.8 mi |
| Snowbank Mountain | ESE 108° | 2,489 m | 9.7 mi |
| Council Mountain | N 9° | 2,475 m | 15.1 mi |
| Tripod Peak | SE 129° | 2,459 m | 12.0 mi |
| Collier Peak | ESE 104° | 2,430 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mica Ridge | NNE 33° | 2,412.797 m | 12.6 mi |
| Wilson Peak | ESE 108° | 2,397 m | 8.1 mi |
| Lone Tree | NNE 32° | 2,388.108 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:19 | 19:58 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:50 | 21:34 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:06 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 08:19 | 16:21 | 17:09 |
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 | 23 | 27 | 34 | 41 | 50 | 57 | 65 | 64 | 56 | 45 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cascade 1 NW, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 398280 — Twin Sisters, Adams County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358663956
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