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Blackfoot Rest Area, I-15 Southbound

Blackfoot Rest Area, I-15 Southbound from directly overhead

Blackfoot Rest Area, I-15 Southbound is a rest area in Idaho, at a modelled elevation of 1,392 m. Mount Putnam stands 2,685 m to the south-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Lava Beds, a attraction 0.1 miles away. 114 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.30522, -112.26983
Around it

114 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 59
  • Firth River Bottoms: 3.6 mi
  • Firth Park: 4.2 mi
  • Snake River Recreation Area: 6.3 mi
  • North Bingham County Park: 7.0 mi
  • Airport Park: 7.8 mi
Peaks: 23
Artworks: 13
  • Not Even Once: 9.0 mi
  • Amsterdam Spring Tulips: 17.2 mi
  • Old Eagle Rock: 17.2 mi
  • Midday and Morning: 17.2 mi
  • The Gesture;Steel Tears: 17.3 mi
Historic sites: 5
Museums: 5
Attractions: 4
Rest areas: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Idaho Falls: 17.3 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • The Butterfly Haven: 18.5 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Moulton Gardens: 19.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blackfoot Rest Area, I-15 Southbound. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount PutnamSSE 168°2,685 m24.9 mi
Taylor MountainE 90°2,254 m17.6 mi
Ziegler MountainE 97°2,102 m22.5 mi
Higham PeakSE 140°2,027 m14.7 mi
East ButteNW 304°2,003.146 m23.9 mi
Birch Creek MountainE 96°2,002 m20.6 mi
Lincoln PeakSE 145°1,962 m18.4 mi
Dare PeakSSE 161°1,952 m20.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0419:42
June solstice05:5020:3021:14
September equinox07:1718:5119:28
December solstice07:5916:1016:57

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242939465563717061483525
Precip in1.00.71.11.41.81.00.50.61.01.10.71.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blackfoot Fire Dept, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1042037511

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