Mount Margaret sits at 5,459 feet along the Mountains to Sound Greenway on I-90, with the land dropping 1,190 feet within 600 meters of the overlook. The view faces 300°, toward the northwest quadrant, and includes Rocky Run Falls and Laura Falls to the north-northwest at under a mile, along with Dungeon Peak and, farther off, Point 5870 to the north. Mount Hyak rises to the west at 3.1 miles, with Mount Catherine beyond it at 4.2 miles, and Kendall Peak stands north-northwest at 4.6 miles. Fall into the Wall, a waterfall, is visible to the northwest at 5.0 miles, and the Tubing Park feature lies west-northwest at 3.7 miles. Because the facing is angled 30° off square toward sunset, evening light crosses the overlook directly; sunset falls at 19:18 near the March equinox, 21:07 at the June solstice, 19:05 near the September equinox, and 16:18 at the December solstice. Issaquah, Sammamish, and Redmond lie to the west-northwest, between about 34 and 42 miles away. The next stop along the byway is Little Balcony.
Named terrain inside the view from this overlook, nearest first.
This overlook faces sunset — 30° off square to it.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 19:18 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 21:07 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 19:05 | 18:24 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 16:18 | 15:25 |
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Mount Margaret is a 5,850-ft mountain summit located in the Wenatchee National Forest, in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, in Kittitas County of Washington state. It is situated in the Cascade Range, 4.5 mi (7.2 km) east of Interstate 90, and on the south aspect of Rampart Ridge. Its nearest higher neighbor is Alta Mountain, 4.93 mi (7.93 km) to the north. Keechelus Lake is a short distance west and Kachess Lake further east.
Mount Margaret sits at about 5,459 feet (1,664 m).
From Mount Margaret: Rocky Run Falls (NNW, 0.9 mi); Laura Falls (NNW, 1.0 mi); Dungeon Peak (NNW, 1.3 mi); Point 5870 (N, 2.0 mi).
Sunset. The land falls away from Mount Margaret toward the sunset, so at sunrise the light is behind you. Exact times shift through the year; the page shows the current window.
Issaquah, 35 miles WNW of Mount Margaret.
Little Balcony is the next surfaced lookout along the same route after Mount Margaret.
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