The Clearwater Mountains are part of the Rocky Mountains

Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains are a major mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in western Canada, to New Mexico, in the southwestern United States...

, located in the panhandle of

Idaho Panhandle

The Idaho Panhandle is the northern region of the U.S. State of Idaho that encompasses the ten northernmost counties of Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, Shoshone. Residents of the panhandle refer to the region as North Idaho...

 Idaho

Idaho

Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....

 in the Western

Western United States

.The Western United States, commonly referred to as the American West or simply "the West," traditionally refers to the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States. Because the U.S. expanded westward after its founding, the meaning of the West has evolved over time...

 United States

United States

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. The mountains lie between the Salmon River

Salmon River (Idaho)

The Salmon River is located in Idaho in the northwestern United States. The Salmon is also known as The River of No Return. It flows for through central Idaho, draining and dropping more than between its headwaters, near Galena Summit above the Sawtooth Valley in the Sawtooth National...

 and the Bitterroot Range

Bitterroot Range

The Bitterroot Range runs along the border of Montana and Idaho in the northwestern United States. The range spans an area of 62,736 square kilometers  and is named after the bitterroot , a small pink flower that is the state flower of Montana.- History :In 1805, the Corps of Discovery,...

 and encompass an area of 8499 square miles (22,012 km²).

North Clearwater Mountains

The North Clearwater Mountains is the northernmost and shortest subrange. The subrange is 4321 square miles (11,191 km²) in area. Only two of its peaks — the 7139 feet (2,176 m) Pot Mountain and the 7077 feet (2,157 m) Black Mountain — rise above 7000 feet (2,133.6 m).

Selway Crags

The Selway Crags lie between the North and South Clearwaters both in latitude

Latitude

In geography, the latitude of a location on the Earth is the angular distance of that location south or north of the Equator. The latitude is an angle, and is usually measured in degrees . The equator has a latitude of 0°, the North pole has a latitude of 90° north , and the South pole has a...

 and mean elevation. The Selway Crags encompass 885 square miles (2,292 km²) and its two highest peaks are the 8282 feet (2,524 m) Grave Peak and the 7424 feet (2,263 m) McConnell Mountain.

South Clearwater Mountains

The South Clearwater Mountains is the southernmost and tallest subrange, with 6 peaks above 8000 feet (2,438.4 m). The South Clearwaters encompass 3292 square miles (8,526 km²) and its two highest peaks are the 9001 feet (2,744 m) Stripe Mountain

Stripe Mountain

Stripe Mountain is the highest point in both the South Clearwater Mountains and the Clearwater Mountains as a whole, part of the Bitterroot Range and Rocky Mountains in the panhandle of Idaho in the Western United States. Its summit is at an elevation of and the mountain's ridgeline forms the...

and the 8943 feet (2,726 m) Salmon Mountain.