Soda Springs Geyser
Soda Springs Geyser is a spring in Idaho, at a modelled elevation of 1,761 m. Meade Peak stands 3,305 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Geyser Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Pioneer Historic Byway runs past it. 57 named places lie within 25 miles, 39 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- On the Pioneer Historic Byway, National
- 0.6 mi off the Oregon Trail Bear Lake Scenic Byway
- 0.5 mi off the Oregon Trail-Bear Lake Scenic Byway
57 named places within 25 miles
- Chester Hill: 1.2 mi
- Steamboat Hill: 2.1 mi
- Rabbit Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Threemile Knoll: 3.8 mi
- Woodall Mountain: 7.9 mi
- Geyser Park: 0.0 mi
- Octagon Spring Park: 0.2 mi
- Corrigan Park: 0.2 mi
- Arthur Kelly Park: 1.5 mi
- Hooper Park: 1.5 mi
- Formation springs nature preserve: 3.6 mi
- High Dive: 21.0 mi
- Dempsey: 19.9 mi
- Chesterfield: 20.9 mi
- Hooper Spring: 1.5 mi
- Soda Point: 5.1 mi
- Sunken Gardens: 20.5 mi
- The Bull: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Soda Springs Geyser. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meade Peak | ESE 122° | 3,305 m | 21.3 mi |
| Sherman Peak | SSE 168° | 2,954 m | 13.6 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SE 134° | 2,818 m | 24.9 mi |
| Threemile Peak | SE 129° | 2,809 m | 21.1 mi |
| Sedgwick Peak | WSW 239° | 2,789 m | 18.9 mi |
| Hawks Peak | ESE 118° | 2,759 m | 18.8 mi |
| Draney Peak | ENE 75° | 2,735 m | 23.4 mi |
| Soda Peak | S 186° | 2,707 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:02 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:26 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 16:11 | 16:56 |
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 | 32 | 41 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 65 | 55 | 44 | 32 | 22 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Soda Springs AP, 1 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Aug — fullest in Jul, leanest in Feb.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 461 | 436 | 495 | 601 | 743 | 1,051 | 1,279 | 1,033 | 636 | 489 | 534 | 481 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Bear River AT Soda Springs ID, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Black-billed Magpie4 obs
- Western Terrestrial Garter Snake3 obs
- dame's rocket3 obs
- shrubby cinquefoil3 obs
- field penny-cress3 obs
- Two-striped Grasshopper3 obs
- Song Sparrow2 obs
- Western Tiger Salamander2 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/9436179942
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