Bacon Peak
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Bacon Peak rises to 2,152 m in Washington. Sherman Peak stands 3,020 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Canadian Bacon, a peak 1.2 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 7.7 miles off.
The story
Bacon Peak is a mountain located in North Cascades National Park, in the Cascade Range in the U.S. state of Washington. Its glaciers cover 1.2 square miles (3.2 km2); the three main glaciers are Diobsud Creek Glacier (southeast, 1.6 miles (2.5 km) wide), Green Lake Glacier (northeast, 1.3 miles (2.1 km) wide) and Noisy Creek Glacier (northwest, 0.9 miles (1.4 km) long).
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Wikidata Q4839936, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2152 m
How to reach it
- 7.7 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
- 7.7 mi off the JCT KEYSTONE FERRY ZONE WHIDBEY ISLAND TO JCT SR 153 VIC TWISP
- 14.7 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC BELLINGHAM TO AUSTIN PASS VIC MT BAKER
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint Dam · 13 mi
- Artist Point · 15 mi
- Diablo Lake Overlook · 20 mi
- Nooksack Falls Viewpoint · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Canadian Bacon: 1.2 mi
- Electric Butte: 2.0 mi
- Mount Watson: 2.6 mi
- Logger Butte: 2.7 mi
- Anderson Butte: 3.4 mi
- Diobsud Creek Barbien/Jordan Conservation Easement: 7.5 mi
- Trillium Conservation Area: 7.6 mi
- Diobsud Creek Abel Conservation Area: 8.4 mi
- Douglas Island Convservation Area: 10.4 mi
- Cascade River South 1: 10.7 mi
- Bacon Lake Falls: 1.6 mi
- Green Lake Falls: 2.4 mi
- Upper Green Lake Falls: 2.4 mi
- Berdeen Falls: 3.4 mi
- Middle Berdeen Falls: 3.7 mi
- Pressentin County Park: 10.4 mi
- Riverside Park: 11.7 mi
- Lake Shannon Recreation Area: 12.0 mi
- Howard Miller Steelhead Park: 13.0 mi
- Vogler Lake Public Access: 13.1 mi
- North Cascading: 8.2 mi
- Cascade Trail: 23.5 mi
- Cascade Trail: 23.7 mi
- Cascade Trail: 24.0 mi
- Cascade Trail: 24.5 mi
- Winnies Slide: 12.5 mi
- Park Cliffs: 14.4 mi
- Roman Wall: 15.9 mi
- Lee Promontory: 16.4 mi
- The Palisades: 20.6 mi
- Austin Pass Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
- Shuksan Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
- Mount Baker Vista: 20.2 mi
- Shadow of the Sentinels: 8.9 mi
- "Old Number 6" Seattle City Light Locomotive: 12.5 mi
- Temple of Power: 12.5 mi
- Lumberjack Mural: 13.4 mi
- Gorge Powerhouse Visitor Gallery: 12.8 mi
- Skagit Aero Education Museum: 14.2 mi
- Baker Hot Springs: 9.7 mi
- Angele Cupples Community Garden: 13.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Bacon Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman Peak | WNW 299° | 3,020 m | 15.2 mi |
| Mount Shuksan | NNW 342° | 2,784 m | 12.2 mi |
| Nooksack Tower | NNW 346° | 2,530 m | 12.4 mi |
| Mount Challenger | NE 34° | 2,501 m | 14.5 mi |
| Crooked Thumb Peak | NE 36° | 2,476 m | 14.0 mi |
| Mount Fury | NE 41° | 2,474 m | 13.7 mi |
| Mount Terror | NE 52° | 2,448 m | 12.7 mi |
| Phantom Peak | NE 37° | 2,443 m | 13.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:38 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 20:23 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 15:18 | 16:13 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 36 | 40 | 46 | 53 | 57 | 63 | 63 | 58 | 48 | 39 | 34 |
| Precip in | 15.3 | 8.8 | 10.4 | 6.7 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 4.8 | 10.5 | 16.0 | 14.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Upper Baker DAM, 8 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of North Cascades National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Dec and Mar; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/349028449
Day trips start here
- Mount Baker · 16 mi
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