Van Meter Hill
Van Meter Hill rises to 2,457 m in Idaho. Red Peak Benchmark stands 2,917 m to the east-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is The Outpost, a museum 1.5 miles away. Payette River Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49086863, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,456.69 m
How to reach it
- 29.3 mi off the Payette River Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Rainbow Ridge: 2.8 mi
- Golden Gate Hill: 2.8 mi
- Bald Hill: 3.2 mi
- Parks Peak: 3.5 mi
- Rock Benchmark: 3.7 mi
- Quartz Ridge: 2.8 mi
- Bear Creek Point: 15.2 mi
- McFadden Point: 17.0 mi
- Cox Point: 17.7 mi
- Slick Rock: 21.9 mi
- Rainbow Spring: 5.7 mi
- Kwiskwis Hot Spring: 17.7 mi
- Soldier Spring: 23.9 mi
- Quartz Spring: 24.5 mi
- The Outpost: 1.5 mi
- Yellow Pine Elementary School: 1.6 mi
- Mile 15 Hot Spring: 13.3 mi
- B 23 Crash Site: 20.3 mi
- Steamboat Summit: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Van Meter Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Peak Benchmark | ESE 119° | 2,917 m | 16.7 mi |
| Rainbow Peak | E 96° | 2,842 m | 13.7 mi |
| Center Mountain | ENE 60° | 2,835 m | 16.0 mi |
| The Pinnacles | ENE 68° | 2,826 m | 8.5 mi |
| Murphy Peak | ESE 117° | 2,816 m | 14.2 mi |
| Greeley Mountain | NNE 18° | 2,812 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mount Eldridge | NNE 23° | 2,803 m | 11.7 mi |
| Log Mountain | SSW 203° | 2,791 m | 12.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:16 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:48 | 21:33 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 08:18 | 16:15 | 17:04 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 28 | 35 | 42 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 66 | 57 | 45 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yellowpine, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 392692 — Van Meter Hill, Valley County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358659478
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