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Saanaheit House Posts

Saanaheit House Posts from directly overhead

Saanaheit House Posts is a historic site in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Ante Peak stands 1,503 m to the northeast, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Saanaheit Pole, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Alaska's Marine Highway passes 6.0 miles off. 106 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.

Totem Pole carved by Tommy Joseph (Naal’xák’w) in 2002.

How to reach it

Coordinates57.04908, -135.31914

106 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 52
  • Picnic Rock: 1.6 mi
  • Harbor Peak: 1.8 mi
  • Mount Verstovia: 2.1 mi
  • Gavan Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Harbor Mountain: 3.1 mi
Historic sites: 29
  • Saanaheit Pole: 0.0 mi
  • Haa Léelk’u Ha’s Kaasdahéeni Deiyí Saanaheit Pole Kootéeyaa Pole: 0.0 mi
  • Totem Conservation Exhibit: 0.0 mi
  • Bicentennial Pole: 0.0 mi
  • Yaadaas Crest Pole: 0.0 mi
Parks: 8
Attractions: 5
Gardens: 4
  • Chicken Coop: 0.2 mi
  • Fine Arts Camp Compost Garden Project: 0.2 mi
  • St. Peter's Fellowship Farm: 0.4 mi
  • Blatchley Community Garden: 1.1 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Sage Beach: 0.1 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 2.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Indian River Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Bear Mountain Waterfall: 4.9 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Sitka National Historical Park: 0.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ante PeakNE 50°1,503 m7.0 mi
Mount BassieE 86°1,355 m10.7 mi
Mount RadamakerESE 119°1,317 m21.6 mi
Mount KatlianNNE 31°1,312 m8.5 mi
Annahootz MountainN 1°1,311 m16.5 mi
Bear MountainE 89°1,239 m5.9 mi
Cupola PeakESE 109°1,212 m8.4 mi
East SisterNE 46°1,165 m5.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:2519:15
June solstice04:0720:5322:01
September equinox06:4718:1219:02
December solstice08:3913:5415:21

Local time (America/Sitka).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333436414752555651443734
Precip in9.66.56.45.04.03.65.59.613.814.812.111.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sitka 1 NE, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4727149708

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