Big Craggy Peak
Big Craggy Peak rises to 2,575 m in Washington. Mount Lago stands 2,655 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is West Craggy, a peak 0.8 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 12 miles off.
The story
Big Craggy Peak is a prominent 8,478-foot (2,584-metre) mountain summit in western Okanogan County of Washington state, USA. It is part of the Okanogan Range which is a subrange of the North Cascades. This remote mountain is located 12.5 mi (20.1 km) north-northeast of Mazama on land administered by the Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest. Big Craggy has two subsidiary peaks, North Peak (8,205-ft), and West Craggy (8,372-ft), the latter set on the Pasayten Wilderness boundary. The nearest higher peak is Monument Peak, 10 miles (16 km) to the west-northwest. Big Craggy Peak ranks 60th on Washington's highest 100 peaks, and 62nd on the "Bulger List". Precipitation runoff from Big Craggy drains into Eightmile Creek which is a tributary of the Chewuch River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises approximately 4,400 feet (1,300 meters) above Eightmile Creek in 1.25 mile (2 km).
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Wikidata Q49012377, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,575 m
How to reach it
- 12.4 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
Overlooks nearby
- Washington Pass Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- West Craggy: 0.8 mi
- Eightmile Peak: 1.6 mi
- Sherman Peak: 2.0 mi
- Burch Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Sunrise Peak: 3.1 mi
- Prospect Point: 11.6 mi
- Recess Wall: 11.6 mi
- Nugget Wall: 11.6 mi
- The Sweet Spot: 12.9 mi
- Deadhorse Point: 13.5 mi
- Mack Lloyd Park: 20.8 mi
- Confluence Park: 20.8 mi
- Patterson Lake Public Access: 21.2 mi
- Homestream Park: 21.2 mi
- Heckendorn Park: 21.4 mi
- Mazama Queen Mine Mill Building Ruins: 11.2 mi
- Brown bear mine camp: 16.3 mi
- Gilbert Ghost Town: 23.7 mi
- Bighorn Falls: 13.5 mi
- Cedar Falls: 15.8 mi
- Okanogan County Electric Cooperative: 20.8 mi
- Wings of the West Wind: 21.1 mi
- Monument Spring: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Big Craggy Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lago | WNW 296° | 2,655 m | 10.6 mi |
| Robinson Mountain | WSW 258° | 2,653 m | 11.5 mi |
| Remmel Mountain | NNE 28° | 2,636 m | 12.6 mi |
| Monument Peak | WNW 283° | 2,612 m | 10.0 mi |
| Ptarmigan Peak | NW 308° | 2,602 m | 11.7 mi |
| Osceola Peak | WNW 293° | 2,581 m | 12.2 mi |
| Lost Peak | WNW 300° | 2,552 m | 6.8 mi |
| Lake Mountain | W 279° | 2,525 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:33 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 04:59 | 20:19 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 08:52 | 16:13 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/Vancouver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 28 | 36 | 45 | 55 | 62 | 70 | 69 | 59 | 45 | 32 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mazama, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1516478 — Big Craggy Peak, Okanogan County, Washington.
OpenStreetMap element node/356544301
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- Winthrop · 21 mi
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