Wheaton Mountain
Wheaton Mountain rises to 2,142 m in Idaho. Sheep Creek Peak stands 3,022 m to the southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Peaks, a peak 2.2 miles away. Teton Scenic Byway passes 8.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in Idaho, United States of America
Wikidata Q49088904, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2142 m
How to reach it
- 8.2 mi off the Teton Scenic Byway
- 24.2 mi off the Fort Henry Historic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Twin Peaks: 2.2 mi
- Prospect Peak: 3.7 mi
- Chicken Peak: 4.0 mi
- Red Butte: 4.0 mi
- Temple Peak: 4.0 mi
- Brookside Park: 16.1 mi
- Sherman Park: 17.2 mi
- Blacktail Park: 17.3 mi
- Shoshoni Plains South: 19.7 mi
- Shoshoni Plains: 20.0 mi
- Old Chimney Kiln: 16.8 mi
- Teton Dam: 21.4 mi
- Education Monument: 22.2 mi
- Veterans Freedom Memorial: 22.2 mi
- Romney Geology Museum: 22.2 mi
- Farnsworth TV & Pioneer Museum: 23.8 mi
- Legacy Flight Museum: 23.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 3.0 mi
- Grandview Point: 15.0 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 12.0 mi
- Palisades Waterfall: 22.5 mi
- Student Gardens: 21.8 mi
- Thomas E. Ricks Memorial Gardens: 22.0 mi
- Poison Flat Trailhead: 7.6 mi
- Paradise Spring: 13.0 mi
- Palisades Bench: 17.7 mi
- Bear Creek Hot Spring: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Wheaton Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheep Creek Peak | SE 136° | 3,022 m | 23.0 mi |
| Baldy Mountain | SE 135° | 2,998 m | 17.2 mi |
| Little Palisades Peak | ESE 123° | 2,958 m | 22.1 mi |
| Palisades Peak | ESE 122° | 2,949 m | 21.4 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | SE 137° | 2,911 m | 20.7 mi |
| Piney Peak | ENE 71° | 2,747 m | 4.8 mi |
| Garns Mountain | ENE 56° | 2,746 m | 7.0 mi |
| Baldy Knoll | E 87° | 2,742 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:00 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:28 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 16:06 | 16:53 |
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 | 21 | 24 | 33 | 42 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 22 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Swan Valley, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 393276 — Wheaton Mountain, Bonneville County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358659644
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