Calkins Peak, is a peak also known as Calkens, O'Calkens Peak, Caulkens Peak, and O'Caulkens Peak. At an elevation of above sea level it is the second highest peak in the
White Cloud Mountains
The White Cloud Mountains are part of the Rocky Mountains of the western United States, located in central Idaho, southeast of Stanley in Custer County. The range is located within the Sawtooth National Recreation Area (SNRA) and partially within ...
of
Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyomi ...
. The peak is located in
Sawtooth National Recreation Area
The Sawtooth National Recreation Area (SNRA) is a national recreation area in central Idaho, United States that is managed as part of Sawtooth National Forest. The recreation area, established on August 22, 1972, is managed by the U.S. Forest Se ...
in
Custer County about north-northwest of
Castle Peak, its
line parent. It is the 46th highest peak in Idaho, and it is located about north-northeast of White Cloud Peak 9 and north-northwest of
D. O. Lee Peak. Calkins Peak is directly north of
Slide Lake, northwest of
Sheep Lake, and southwest of
Tin Cup Lake.
Calkins Peak is named for Stephen Calkins (1842–1922), a prospector who established
lode
In geology, a lode is a deposit of metalliferous ore that fills or is embedded in a fissure (or crack) in a rock formation or a vein of ore that is deposited or embedded between layers of rock.
The current meaning (ore vein) dates from the 1 ...
claims in the area.
References
Mountains of Custer County, Idaho
Mountains of Idaho
Sawtooth National Forest
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