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Vinegar Hill

Vinegar Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Vinegar Hill rises to 2,485 m in Montana. Garfield Mountain stands 3,341 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is White Hills, a peak 7.3 miles away. Big Sheep Creek Back Country Byway passes 13 miles off. 46 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
2485 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.78269, -112.43917

46 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 38
Parks: 4
  • Lima City Park: 12.6 mi
  • Great Northern Railway Historical Marker: 12.9 mi
  • Dell Park: 13.4 mi
  • Old Trail to the Gold Diggins Historical Marker: 18.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Vinegar Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Garfield MountainSSW 206°3,341 m20.2 mi
Lima PeaksSSW 205°3,260 m18.7 mi
Hogback MountainENE 63°3,224 m17.3 mi
Sunset PeakENE 70°3,215 m15.2 mi
Olson PeakENE 68°3,180 m15.9 mi
Sliderock MountainENE 60°3,142 m21.9 mi
Antone PeakE 91°3,113 m13.0 mi
Red Conglomerate PeaksSSW 201°3,108 m22.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0419:42
June solstice05:4520:3521:20
September equinox07:1818:5019:29
December solstice08:0516:0416:52

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212332404957656455433021
Precip in0.20.20.40.91.72.01.31.00.91.00.40.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lima, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/357931952

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