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North Point

North Point, seen from above at true elevation

North Point is a cliff in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 1,004 m. Mount Carrie stands 2,125 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Snider Peak, a peak 2.2 miles away. JCT SR 109 VIC QUEETS TO JCT SR 5 VIC OLYMPIA passes 1.1 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
1004 m

How to reach it

Coordinates48.08448, -124.07239

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Snider Peak: 2.2 mi
  • Bigler Mountain: 3.9 mi
  • Mount Muller: 4.3 mi
  • Hunger Mountain: 7.6 mi
  • Deadmans Hill: 7.8 mi
Parks: 13
  • Camp Rad Park: 7.8 mi
  • Pillar Point Recreation Area: 8.0 mi
  • Lake Pleasant Community Beach County Park: 12.7 mi
  • Clallam Bay West County Park: 14.9 mi
  • Sol Duc River Bar Access Area: 16.5 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Ancient Groves: 9.6 mi
  • Devil’s Punchbowl: 13.1 mi
  • Hall of Mosses: 16.6 mi
  • Hoh River Viewpoint: 17.0 mi
  • Twilight Tours in Forks: 17.2 mi
Waterfalls: 6
Historic sites: 6
Hot springs: 5
Museums: 5
Beaches: 4
  • West Twin Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Twin River Surf Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Murdock Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Crescent Beach: 17.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Springs: 2
  • Hot spring #31: 22.1 mi
  • Hot spring #30: 22.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Crescent School Garden: 15.5 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Sasquatch: 16.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of North Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CarrieESE 124°2,125 m23.6 mi
AtlasSE 138°1,934.261 m23.0 mi
South AppletonESE 122°1,859 m18.3 mi
Mount FitzhenryESE 119°1,842 m23.3 mi
Mount AppletonESE 120°1,821 m18.2 mi
Haigs Lake PeakESE 123°1,798 m20.5 mi
Cat PeakSE 125°1,796 m22.2 mi
Boulder PeakESE 118°1,715 m16.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:4819:29
June solstice05:1720:3221:21
September equinox07:0418:3519:16
December solstice08:0515:3216:26

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414244485458626259514440
Precip in19.111.714.39.45.03.72.12.84.811.718.117.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Forks 1 E, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/356545967

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