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Belcher Camp

Belcher Camp from directly overhead

Belcher Camp is a ghost town in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 732 m. Copper Butte stands 2,171 m to the east, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Gold Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away. JCT SR 97 VIC TONASKET TO JCT SR 2 VIC NEWPORT passes 2.4 miles off.

human settlement in Washington, United States of America

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Coordinates48.68350, -118.67000

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Gold Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Klondike Mountain: 1.6 mi
  • Gibraltar Mountain: 3.8 mi
  • Bald Peak: 3.8 mi
  • Cooke Mountain: 5.1 mi
Parks: 10
  • Eureka Park: 4.1 mi
  • Perry Wilderness Park: 4.2 mi
  • Dollar Mountain Burn Game Preserve: 7.9 mi
  • Peggy Brixner Park: 14.3 mi
  • Beal Park: 16.1 mi
Historic sites: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • Sherman Overlook: 11.0 mi
  • Camp Growden Heritage Site: 18.0 mi
  • Log Flume Heritage Site: 21.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Upper Sherman Creek Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Lower Sherman Creek Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Boundary Falls: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Museums: 2
Springs: 1
  • Columbia Spring: 9.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Belcher Camp. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copper ButteE 82°2,171 m9.4 mi
Snow PeakSE 129°2,156 m11.1 mi
Scar MountainE 91°2,141 m9.6 mi
Wapaloosie MountainE 98°2,116 m9.5 mi
Sherman PeakSE 124°2,115 m10.6 mi
Bald MountainSE 138°2,112 m11.5 mi
Columbia MountainESE 117°2,062 m9.6 mi
Midnight MountainENE 72°2,027 m9.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2619:08
June solstice04:5320:1221:02
September equinox06:4218:1318:54
December solstice07:4615:0716:02

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242836445358656556433223
Precip in1.61.31.51.42.12.21.20.60.91.21.92.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Republic, 4 mi away.

Sources

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Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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