King Mountain State Recreation Site
King Mountain State Recreation Site is a park in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 242 m. Ice Cream Cone Mountain stands 2,644 m to the south, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Kings Mountain, a peak 2.0 miles away. Glenn Highway runs past it.
What to expect
- Operated by
- State of Alaska, Alaska State Parks
How to reach it
- On the Glenn Highway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Kings Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Castle Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Red Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Pinnacle Mountain: 7.4 mi
- Puddingstone Hill: 7.6 mi
- Douglas Park: 17.6 mi
- Moose Creek Park and Campground: 19.3 mi
- Matanuska Glacier State Recreation Site: 22.3 mi
- Matanuska River Park: 22.6 mi
- Babb Arboretum: 23.5 mi
- Alpine Historical Park: 13.3 mi
- The Bomber Wreck: 21.2 mi
- Musk Ox Farm: 22.9 mi
- MICA Glacier Adventures: 23.6 mi
- Scenic Overlook: 24.5 mi
- Sutton Coal Wash Plant: 13.3 mi
- Glacier View 4th of July Car Launch: 20.5 mi
- The Gathering Place: 24.7 mi
- Eckert Garden: 24.9 mi
- Eska Falls: 13.5 mi
- Waterfront: 17.5 mi
- Goodhope Towers: 21.0 mi
- Hatcher Pass Public Use Area: 21.5 mi
- Palmer Museum of History & Art: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of King Mountain State Recreation Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ice Cream Cone Mountain | S 175° | 2,644 m | 9.7 mi |
| Awesome Peak | ESE 116° | 2,635 m | 13.0 mi |
| Amulet Peak | ESE 107° | 2,527 m | 15.8 mi |
| Alabaster Peak | ESE 123° | 2,458 m | 14.0 mi |
| Mount Monarch | ENE 64° | 2,153 m | 20.4 mi |
| Montana Peak | WNW 292° | 2,103 m | 19.9 mi |
| Troublemint Peak | WNW 288° | 2,073 m | 18.9 mi |
| Dnigi Peak | WNW 296° | 2,067 m | 16.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:56 | 19:11 | 20:09 |
| June solstice | 04:07 | 22:15 | 23:46 |
| September equinox | 07:39 | 18:58 | 19:56 |
| December solstice | 10:16 | — | 15:30 |
Local time (America/Anchorage).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 16 | 21 | 26 | 38 | 47 | 55 | 58 | 55 | 47 | 35 | 22 | 18 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sutton 1 W, 14 mi away.
- Alpine Sweet-vetch4 obs
- star-flowered lily-of-the-valley3 obs
- Twinflower3 obs
- Canadian buffalo-berry3 obs
- Silverberry3 obs
- bearberry2 obs
- Moose2 obs
- Ruffed Grouse1 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/294575256
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