White Quartz Mountain
White Quartz Mountain rises to 2,356 m in Idaho. Deep Creek Peak stands 2,664 m to the south-southeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Bannock Peak, a peak 0.8 miles away. Oregon Trail Bear Lake Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off. 99 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49089465, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,356 m
How to reach it
- 26.2 mi off the Oregon Trail Bear Lake Scenic Byway
99 named places within 25 miles
- Stebbins Park: 13.9 mi
- City park: 14.0 mi
- Vard Meadows: 14.1 mi
- Massacre Rocks State Park: 14.2 mi
- Powerhouse Fishing Access Site: 14.3 mi
- Bannock Peak: 0.8 mi
- Moonshine Peak: 3.0 mi
- Mollys Nipple: 9.1 mi
- Deep Creek Peak: 9.7 mi
- Paps Mountain: 11.6 mi
- Compressor Station Bench: 15.2 mi
- Wheatgrass Bench: 15.7 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 19.2 mi
- Bronco Beach: 23.1 mi
- Pocatello Model Railroad and Historical Society: 22.6 mi
- Historic Downtown Pocatello: 22.7 mi
- Bannock County Historical Museum: 22.7 mi
- Museum of Clean: 22.8 mi
- OriginStreetAddressesPocatello: 22.8 mi
- McDougall Field: 23.0 mi
- The ISU "I": 23.2 mi
- Silver Horseshoe: 14.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of White Quartz Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Creek Peak | SSE 159° | 2,664 m | 9.7 mi |
| Scout Mountain | ENE 75° | 2,647 m | 19.9 mi |
| Old Tom Mountain | E 86° | 2,638 m | 20.6 mi |
| Bannock Peak | E 87° | 2,517 m | 0.8 mi |
| Hartley Peak | SW 221° | 2,269 m | 17.7 mi |
| Cedar Creek Peak | WSW 238° | 2,261 m | 20.0 mi |
| Indian Mountain | ENE 63° | 2,223 m | 21.6 mi |
| Bradley Mountain | ESE 103° | 2,211 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:06 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:30 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:53 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:58 | 16:15 | 17:01 |
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 | 27 | 30 | 41 | 48 | 57 | 64 | 73 | 71 | 62 | 49 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — American Falls, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 375868 — White Quartz Mountain, Power County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358653385
Day trips start here
- Pocatello · 23 mi
- Southeastern Idaho · 30 mi
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