White Goat Mountain
White Goat Mountain rises to 2,862 m in Idaho. White Mountain West stands 3,183 m to the south-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is White Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Salmon River Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 50 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49089245, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,862 m
How to reach it
- 13.5 mi off the Salmon River Scenic Byway
- 19.4 mi off the Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway
71 named places within 25 miles
- White Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Van Horn Peak: 5.8 mi
- Red Butte: 6.7 mi
- White Valley Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Woods Peak: 7.3 mi
- Show Bath Hot Springs: 11.5 mi
- Owen Cabin Hot Spring: 16.8 mi
- Upper Loon Creek Hot Springs: 17.2 mi
- Challis Hot Springs: 17.7 mi
- Loon Creek Hot Spring: 20.3 mi
- Meyers Cove Point: 7.7 mi
- McNabbs Point: 14.0 mi
- Eagle Rock: 16.7 mi
- Aparejo Point: 21.2 mi
- Central Park: 17.0 mi
- Challis Fish Pond: 17.1 mi
- Land of the Yankee Fork State Park & National Forest Historic Area: 18.4 mi
- Parker Mill: 12.5 mi
- Bruno Cabin Ruins: 19.1 mi
- Painted Rock: 17.0 mi
- CHS: 17.1 mi
- Challis Bridge Recreation Site: 20.0 mi
- Warm Spring: 21.7 mi
- Bayhorse: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of White Goat Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Mountain West | SSW 204° | 3,183 m | 10.9 mi |
| Bald Mountain | S 173° | 3,139 m | 24.5 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | NE 39° | 3,041 m | 14.8 mi |
| White Valley Mountain | SSW 197° | 3,040 m | 7.1 mi |
| Ramshorn Mountain | S 173° | 3,017 m | 20.5 mi |
| Sleeping Deer Mountain | WNW 283° | 2,985 m | 14.3 mi |
| Meyers | NW 310° | 2,977 m | 12.8 mi |
| Mayfield Peak | SW 231° | 2,972 m | 21.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:12 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:43 | 21:28 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 08:13 | 16:12 | 17:00 |
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 | 20 | 27 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 67 | 58 | 45 | 31 | 20 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Challis AP, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 399498 — White Goat Mountain, Custer County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358665749
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