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Alpine

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Alpine is a ghost town in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 499 m. Mount Daniel stands 2,427 m to the south-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Alpine Falls, a waterfall 0.7 miles away. JCT WOODS CREEK RD NEAR MONROE TO JCT US 97 NEAR PESHASTIN passes 0.5 miles off.

ghost town in King County, Washington, United States

How to reach it

Coordinates47.70998, -121.23850

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
Peaks
Cliffs: 17
  • Moai: 16.9 mi
  • Peanuts Gallery: 16.9 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 16.9 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 17.0 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 17.1 mi
Historic sites: 10
Parks: 8
  • Skykomish City Ball Park: 5.1 mi
  • Great Northern & Cascade Railway Park: 5.6 mi
  • Baring Community Park: 12.4 mi
  • Heybrook Ridge Park: 16.3 mi
  • Big Eddy River Access: 21.4 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Heybrook Lookout Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
  • Group Picnic Shelter: 17.7 mi
  • Camp Brown Day Use Area: 18.2 mi
  • Rockdale Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
  • Swiftwater Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Museums: 4
  • Skykomish Historical Society: 5.6 mi
  • Great Northern and Cascade Railways: 5.7 mi
  • Skykomish Historical Society: 5.7 mi
  • Washington State Ski & Snowboard Museum: 21.5 mi
Attractions: 3
Springs: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Normandy Beach: 24.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Alpine. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DanielSSE 165°2,427 m10.4 mi
Mount HinmanS 173°2,283.6 m9.9 mi
Dip Top PeakSSE 164°2,222.3 m9.2 mi
Mac PeakSE 137°2,091 m7.8 mi
Brown Sugar PeakS 179°2,086 m9.6 mi
Nimbus MountainESE 122°2,046 m6.3 mi
Trico MountainSE 143°2,012 m9.7 mi
La Bohn PeakS 183°2,007 m10.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:3719:18
June solstice05:0720:1921:08
September equinox06:5218:2419:05
December solstice07:5215:2316:16

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373943485559646560504236
Precip in16.710.611.98.45.04.01.71.94.812.318.114.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Baring, 12 mi away.

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