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Amphitheater Mountain

Amphitheater Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Amphitheater Mountain rises to 2,548 m in Washington. Remmel Mountain stands 2,636 m to the south, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Cathedral Peak, a peak 1.0 miles away. JCT KEYSTONE FERRY ZONE WHIDBEY ISLAND TO JCT SR 153 VIC TWISP passes 28 miles off.

The story

Amphitheater Mountain is an 8,358-foot (2,548-metre) multi-peak mountain located in Okanogan County in Washington state. It is part of the Okanogan Range which is a sub-range of the North Cascades and Cascade Range. The mountain is situated on the east side of the Cascade crest, in the Pasayten Wilderness, on land administered by the Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest. The sprawling Amphitheater Mountain has several sub-peaks including the South Peak (8,269 ft; 2,520 m), West Peak (8,252 ft; 2,515 m), and North Peak (8,200 ft; 2,500 m). The nearest higher peak is Cathedral Peak, 0.95 miles (1.53 km) to the north. The Pacific Northwest Trail traverses below the north slope of Amphitheater Mountain as it crosses Cathedral Pass. Precipitation runoff from Amphitheater Mountain drains west into Cathedral Fork, or east into Cathedral Creek.

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Wikidata Q49008722, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2548 m

How to reach it

Coordinates48.97536, -120.19228

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 1
  • Bighorn Falls: 14.2 mi
Parks: 1
  • Fourteen Mile Recreation Site: 16.9 mi
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Amphitheater Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Remmel MountainS 183°2,636 m3.6 mi
Grimface MountainN 5°2,635 m3.6 mi
Cathedral PeakN 9°2,622 m1.0 mi
Matriarch MountainN 9°2,610 m3.3 mi
Macabre TowerN 7°2,596 m3.4 mi
Snowy MountainENE 71°2,586 m15.5 mi
Big Craggy PeakSSW 203°2,575 m15.9 mi
The DeaconN 4°2,553 m2.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3219:14
June solstice04:5720:1921:09
September equinox06:4818:1919:01
December solstice08:5316:1117:06

Local time (America/Vancouver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232836455562706959453222
Precip in3.62.42.01.01.11.00.60.50.82.13.84.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mazama, 28 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/356544090

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