"Where in North America is this?" Section XII

[Peter Thody]

I know this kind of goes against the principle of this thread but (1) it's been a bit quiet and (2) it's still a visual/geographical challenge. The thing is, I don't actually know the answer. It's a photo I took 5 years ago, somewhere west of Coeur D'Alene, probably just over the border into Washington, but I can't remember precisely where. Does anyone recognise the mountain? Thanks in advance!

[glc]

Time to bring this one back up again!

Yes, it's edited to remove writing which would make it obvious.

[Southwest Dave]

Is it the "Spud drive in Theatre" at Driggs in Idaho ?

I had to search, but having heard a Lot [rather too much] about Potatoes in Idaho from a chap in Hanksville who "goes there every year to his cousins farm and picks up a truck load" it gave me a head start.

[glc]

Yessir, that's what it is!

This one won't be anywhere near as easy:

[Southwest Dave]

It's not so easy George !

So while pressing for a clue to move it along, I'll take a wild guess and say a segment of Sioux Falls ?

[glc]

Oh well - I've been a bit of a homebody this winter.........

[Mark Sedenquist]

...It's a photo I took 5 years ago, somewhere west of Coeur D'Alene, probably just over the border into Washington, but I can't remember precisely where. Does anyone recognise the mountain? Thanks in advance!

Hmmm, I'll take a wild guesser... It sorta looks like Mt. St. Helens, but not exactly... hmmm

[Foy]

OK, a semi-sophisticated WAG first eliminates Mount St Helens--it's some 350 miles west of Spokane and should not be so plainly visible if the pic was taken somewhere between C'our d Alene.

The highway is probably not I-90 as there is a double yellow line divider, generally not present on an Interstate.

Driving south on US 395 from northwest of Spokane back towards Spokane, Mount Spokane within Mount Spokane State Park appears roughly conical in shape right along the WA-ID border, which would appear on the left side of the highway and some 20 miles distant as the traveler proceeded south along US 395.

Beyond that SSWAG, it's pretty tough to say where the pic might be. If the at least the highway were known, one might narrow it down with a topo map.

Foy

[Mark Sedenquist]

OK, but the shape looked like a blasted-off mountain... I've driven through that area several times and this photo reminds of the never-ending debate about whether the photos of Half Dome taken from the central valley in California were real... But I know Peter would never pull our leg so-to-speak, so this must be real... But where is it?

Mark

[Peter Thody]

But I know Peter would never pull our leg so-to-speak, so this must be real... But where is it?

... but I fear I may have pointed you in the wrong direction. Looking at the map again we did indeed pass through Coeur D'Alene on the way into WA but I'm now fairly sure we traveled south on US95 before turning west at Lewiston. Looking at Google, the landscape looks very familiar along here (this is another shot from the same road).