Yellow Peak
Yellow Peak rises to 3,292 m in Idaho. Big Creek Peak stands 3,439 m to the south-southwest, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Junction Peak, a peak 1.0 miles away. Sacajawea Historic Byway passes 11 miles off. 48 named places lie within 25 miles, 40 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Idaho, United States of America
Wikidata Q49091299, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3292 m
How to reach it
- 10.5 mi off the Sacajawea Historic Byway
- 27.5 mi off the Big Sheep Creek Back Country Byway
- 27.6 mi off the Salmon River Scenic Byway
- 29.0 mi off the Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway
48 named places within 25 miles
- Junction Peak: 1.0 mi
- Rocky Peak: 2.3 mi
- Big Creek Peak: 3.7 mi
- Flatiron Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Gunsight Peak: 4.9 mi
- Birch Creek Charcoal Kilns: 22.2 mi
- Birch Creek Charcoal Kilns: 22.2 mi
- Birch Creek Charcoal Kilns: 22.2 mi
- Birch Creek Charcoal Kilns: 22.2 mi
- Iron Creek Point: 10.1 mi
- Red Point: 22.5 mi
- Barney Hot Spring: 17.8 mi
- Pia Soko Patezopai’I: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Yellow Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Creek Peak | SSW 199° | 3,439 m | 3.7 mi |
| Pavlos Peak | SW 228° | 3,386.023 m | 24.5 mi |
| Grouse Creek Mountain | WSW 241° | 3,378.7 m | 22.0 mi |
| Flatiron Mountain | S 185° | 3,354 m | 4.3 mi |
| Lem Peak | NW 316° | 3,346 m | 24.7 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | SE 129° | 3,311 m | 14.6 mi |
| May Mountain | NW 306° | 3,309 m | 19.2 mi |
| Gunsight Peak | N 358° | 3,302.508 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:08 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:38 | 21:23 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:08 | 16:09 | 16:58 |
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 | 17 | 21 | 31 | 39 | 47 | 54 | 62 | 61 | 52 | 40 | 28 | 17 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Leadore #2, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 398391 — Yellow Peak, Lemhi County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358664083
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