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Bashful Peak

Bashful Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Bashful Peak rises to 2,440 m in Alaska. Baleful Peak stands 2,435 m to the southeast, 1.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Boisterous Peak, a peak 1.3 miles away. Glenn Highway passes 17 miles off.

The story

Bashful Peak is a mountain in the U.S. state of Alaska, located in Chugach State Park. At 8,005 ft (2,440 m), Bashful is the highest peak in Chugach State Park, and the highest peak in the Municipality of Anchorage. The peak carries snow year-round and several small glaciers hang from its steep western face. The peak was named in 1958 by members of the Mountaineering Club of Alaska because "it is often hidden by other peaks, ridges, or clouds."

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Wikidata Q4866805, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2440 m

How to reach it

Coordinates61.30726, -148.87007

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Boisterous Peak: 1.3 mi
  • Benevolent Peak: 1.3 mi
  • Baleful Peak: 1.8 mi
  • South Baleful Peak: 2.0 mi
  • Baneful Peak: 2.1 mi
Parks: 37
  • Reflections Lake: 17.7 mi
  • Glen Eagle Park: 18.8 mi
  • Tonjess Park: 19.7 mi
  • Mirror Lake Park: 19.8 mi
  • Edmonds Lake Park: 19.8 mi
Historic sites: 5
Gardens: 5
  • Millie's Garden: 20.7 mi
  • Eckert Garden: 20.7 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 20.7 mi
  • The Gathering Place: 20.7 mi
  • Rain Garden: 22.3 mi
Artworks: 5
Attractions: 4
  • Reindeer Farm: 17.3 mi
  • Eklutna Historical Park: 19.4 mi
  • Musk Ox Farm: 24.2 mi
  • Mt.Alyeska Tram: 24.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Museums: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Beaver Beach: 18.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Crevasse-Moraine Pavillion: 22.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Bashful Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baleful PeakSE 136°2,435 m1.8 mi
South Baleful PeakSE 144°2,408 m2.0 mi
Bellicose PeakSW 230°2,328 m7.1 mi
Hunters PeakE 89°2,301 m4.7 mi
Mount YuklaSW 226°2,297 m11.4 mi
Mount RumbleWSW 243°2,295 m7.8 mi
Bold PeakNW 324°2,293 m3.1 mi
Troublesome PeakESE 105°2,275 m5.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5719:1320:10
June solstice04:1622:1323:40
September equinox07:4019:0019:58
December solstice10:1215:37

Local time (America/Anchorage).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F142025374755585547342016
Precip in2.31.61.60.80.91.31.72.63.62.51.72.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eagle RVR Nature CTR, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/5505070045

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