Nine Inch Spike
Nine Inch Spike is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 448 m. Mount Anderson stands 2,228 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Ross Falls, a waterfall 1.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Inscription
- A tree on the shores of the Pond of Profanity which has all the leaves on the top of it gone and looks like a spike.
How to reach it
Overlooks nearby
- Peek-a-Boo Point · 20 mi
- Mount Walker North Viewpoint · 27 mi
- South Point · 27 mi
- Mt. Walker Viewpoint · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Lincoln: 2.3 mi
- Smyrna: 2.3 mi
- Mount Gladys: 2.8 mi
- Mount Cruiser: 3.1 mi
- Cub Peak: 3.9 mi
- Division 2 Boat Launch: 7.3 mi
- Division 3 Park: 7.5 mi
- Division 1 Park: 9.6 mi
- Old Camp Melbourn: 12.1 mi
- Division 9 Park: 13.2 mi
- Ross Falls: 1.1 mi
- Hamma Hamma Falls: 5.7 mi
- Whitehorse Falls: 6.2 mi
- Wynoochee Falls: 8.7 mi
- Maidenhair Falls: 10.8 mi
- Staircase Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
- Bear Gulch Day Use Area: 4.2 mi
- Potlach State Park Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- July Creek Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
- Camp 3: 13.7 mi
- Camp Govey: 14.8 mi
- Simpson Lookout: 17.9 mi
- Ring of Fire: 19.6 mi
- Skokomish Park Lake Cushman - Day Use Area: 9.2 mi
- Little Ireland Beach: 14.5 mi
- Lilly's Pad: 20.3 mi
- Elk Lick Springs: 12.7 mi
- Lilliwaup Tidelands State Park: 14.0 mi
- Red Bluff: 15.7 mi
- Amelia: 21.3 mi
- World's Largest Spruce: 21.7 mi
- Lake Quinault Museum: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Nine Inch Spike. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Anderson | N 10° | 2,228 m | 12.2 mi |
| West Peak | N 6° | 2,169 m | 12.2 mi |
| Chimney Peak | N 353° | 2,086 m | 9.9 mi |
| The Brothers | NE 56° | 2,085 m | 13.2 mi |
| Diamond Mountain | NNE 15° | 2,079 m | 13.8 mi |
| Crystal Peak | N 357° | 2,078 m | 12.0 mi |
| Mount Stone | NE 51° | 2,015 m | 6.5 mi |
| Mount Elk Lick | NNE 30° | 1,974 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:46 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 20:27 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 15:32 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 42 | 45 | 49 | 56 | 60 | 65 | 65 | 60 | 51 | 44 | 40 |
| Precip in | 15.5 | 9.2 | 9.9 | 6.1 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 9.1 | 15.7 | 16.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cushman Powerhouse #2, 16 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Olympic National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Aug.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12871732874
Day trips start here
- Tahuya · 19 mi
- Union · 19 mi
- Olympic Peninsula · 21 mi
- Olympic National Park · 26 mi
- Seabeck · 26 mi
- Shelton · 26 mi
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