Historic site · Alaska

Gun Mount

Gun Mount from directly overhead

Gun Mount is a historic site in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Frosty Peak stands 1,920 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Gun, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Alaska's Marine Highway passes 8.2 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

WWII Panama Mount for 155 mm World War II canon.

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directions Plan a drive around it

Coordinates55.26854, -162.89889

8.2 mi off the Alaska's Marine Highway, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

Gun: 0.0 mi
US FW: 0.0 mi
Grant Point Quonset Hut: 0.0 mi
Grant Point Bunker: 0.1 mi
Quonset: 0.1 mi

Peaks9

Mount Baldy: 6.9 mi
Frosty Peak: 14.1 mi
Amak Volcano: 14.3 mi
Morzhovoi Volcano: 18.0 mi
North Walrus Peak: 20.0 mi

Attractions3

S.S Courtney Ford 1901: 2.3 mi
Pavlof Shislandin Overlook: 7.2 mi
Raft Reggata: 10.4 mi

Parks1

Haanĝux̂: 16.8 mi

Beaches1

Kaslokan Point: 18.5 mi

Hot springs1

Haanĝux̂ Cold Bay Hot Springs: 19.5 mi

Picnic sites1

Barneys Creek Picnic Site: 20.1 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gun Mount. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Frosty Peak	S 169°	1,920 m	14.1 mi
Mount Dutton	ESE 103°	1,473 m	24.9 mi
North Walrus Peak	S 175°	893 m	20.0 mi
South Walrus Peak	S 174°	892 m	20.2 mi
Morzhovoi Volcano	S 171°	822 m	18.0 mi
Amak Volcano	NW 317°	513 m	14.3 mi
Mount Baldy	SE 141°	282 m	6.9 mi
Kenmore Head	SSW 194°	91 m	22.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	08:54	20:17	21:05
June solstice	06:11	22:35	23:37
September equinox	08:38	20:04	20:52
December solstice	10:17	16:08	17:24

Local time (America/Nome).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	28	30	30	35	41	47	52	53	48	41	35	31
Precip in	3.4	3.2	3.0	2.7	2.6	2.7	2.5	3.7	4.5	4.9	5.0	4.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cold BAY AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/545187598

More historic sites in Alaska

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a drive More historic sites

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Gun Mount.

Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.