Sublett Range High Point
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Sublett Range High Point, at above sea level is the highest peak in the Sublett Range of Power County in southern
Idaho Idaho ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain states, Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington (state), ...
, USA. It is located in the east-central part of the range north of Snowville, Utah, east of Malta, Idaho, and south of
American Falls, Idaho American Falls is a city in and the county seat of Power County, Idaho, United States. The population was 4,568 at the time of the 2020 census. History American Falls was a landmark waterfall on the Snake River, named after a party of Amer ...
, in the Sublett Division of the Minidoka Ranger District of
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.
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Sublett Range High Point is in the watershed of tributaries of the
Snake River The Snake River is a major river in the interior Pacific Northwest region of the United States. About long, it is the largest tributary of the Columbia River, which is the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean. Begin ...
, which itself is a tributary to the
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. The view from the peak includes the
Raft River The Raft River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 4, 2011 tributary of the Snake River located in northern Utah and southern Idaho in the United States. It is par ...
, the
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and Black Pine mountain ranges. The peak is a part of the
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and the
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. Interstate 84 passes to the west of the peak.


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Sawtooth National Forest - Official Site
Mountains of Power County, Idaho Mountains of Idaho Sawtooth National Forest {{PowerCountyID-geo-stub