Summit Benchmark

Summit Benchmark: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Summit Benchmark

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Summit Benchmark — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.22973, -115.34632. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Summit Benchmark

• Trinity Mountain · viewpoint · Elmore · ~52 km · Must-see
• Iron Mountain · viewpoint · Camas · ~53 km · Must-see
• Lower Deadwood Lake · lake · Camas · ~53 km · Must-see
• Upper Deadwood Lake · lake · Camas · ~53 km · Must-see
• Boardman Lake · lake · Camas · ~53 km · Must-see
• Boardman Peak · viewpoint · Camas · ~53 km · Must-see
• Heart Lake · lake · Camas · ~54 km · Must-see
• Mormon Reservoir · lake · Camas · ~55 km · Must-see
• Upper Smoky Dome Lake 1 · lake · Camas · ~55 km · Must-see
• Upper Smoky Dome Lake 2 · lake · Camas · ~55 km · Must-see
• West Smoky Dome Lake · lake · Camas · ~55 km · Must-see
• Smoky Dome · viewpoint · Camas · ~55 km · Must-see
• Lower Smoky Dome Lake · lake · Camas · ~55 km · Must-see
• Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area · sanctuary · Ada · ~70 km · Must-see
• Steel Mountain · viewpoint · Elmore · ~72 km · Must-see
• Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument · sanctuary · Gooding · ~73 km · Must-see
• C.J. Strike Wildlife Management Area · sanctuary · Elmore · ~74 km · Must-see
• Packer Butte · viewpoint · Elmore · ~8 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Summit Benchmark

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Summit Benchmark

• Trinity Mountain · viewpoint · Elmore · ~52 km · Must-see
• Iron Mountain · viewpoint · Camas · ~53 km · Must-see
• Boardman Peak · viewpoint · Camas · ~53 km · Must-see
• Smoky Dome · viewpoint · Camas · ~55 km · Must-see
• Steel Mountain · viewpoint · Elmore · ~72 km · Must-see
• Two Point Mountain · viewpoint · Camas · ~80 km · Must-see
• Skillern Peak · viewpoint · Camas · ~83 km · Must-see
• Dollarhide Mountain · viewpoint · Camas · ~85 km · Must-see
• Paradise Peak · viewpoint · Camas · ~87 km · Must-see
• Big Peak · viewpoint · Camas · ~87 km · Must-see

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