Big Horn
Big Horn rises to 2,438 m in Washington. Gilbert Peak stands 2,494 m to the east-southeast, 0.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Thumb, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. JCT KOSMOS RD VIC MORTON TO JCT SR 410 VIC NACHES passes 9.1 miles off.
The story
Big Horn is a tall peak in the Cascade Range in the U.S. state of Washington. This officially unnamed peak is the highest point in Lewis County. Big Horn, one of the Goat Rocks, is the second highest point on the ridge west of Gilbert Peak, in the Goat Rocks Wilderness. It is just west of the highest point on the ridge, called Goat Citadel. It is said to be the most difficult pitch on the easiest routes of Washington's 39 county high points. There is a 10-foot (3.0 m) vertical crack near Big Horn's summit. Fred Beckey rates this pitch as a difficult class 4.
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Wikidata Q2902254, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2438 m
How to reach it
- 9.1 mi off the JCT KOSMOS RD VIC MORTON TO JCT SR 410 VIC NACHES
- 9.1 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC MORTON TO JCT SR 410 VIC NACHES
- 9.1 mi off the White Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 15.2 mi off the JCT SR 12 OHANAPECOSH JCT VIC WHITE PASS TO JCT SR 410 VIC CHINOOK PASS
Overlooks nearby
- Clear Creek Falls Viewpoint · 12 mi
- Clear Creek Overlook Interpretive Site · 12 mi
- Palisades Viewpoint · 15 mi
- Tieton Dam · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Thumb: 0.0 mi
- Little Horn: 0.1 mi
- Goat Citadel: 0.3 mi
- Gilbert Peak: 0.8 mi
- Ives Peak: 1.4 mi
- Great Falls: 2.1 mi
- Walupt Creek Falls: 5.5 mi
- South Fork Falls: 7.9 mi
- Jennings Falls: 10.9 mi
- Clear Creek Falls: 11.8 mi
- Blue Slide: 10.9 mi
- Coal Creek Bluff: 12.2 mi
- Esel Point: 13.7 mi
- Palisades: 14.4 mi
- Windy Point: 14.4 mi
- Hidden Spring: 5.9 mi
- Indian Spring: 11.4 mi
- Soda Springs: 14.9 mi
- Log Spring: 16.4 mi
- Bum Springs: 17.2 mi
- White Pass Day Use: 10.7 mi
- Clear Lake Day Use Area: 11.3 mi
- Wild Rose Day Use Area: 21.8 mi
- White Pass Country Historical Museum: 14.1 mi
- Historic Packwood Station: 14.2 mi
- Packwood Cowlitz River Public Access Point: 14.6 mi
- Jack Morris Park: 24.0 mi
- Bevin Lake Rest Area: 15.5 mi
- Ohanapecosh Hot Springs: 18.1 mi
- Big Cedar: 19.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Big Horn. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Peak | ESE 112° | 2,494 m | 0.8 mi |
| Goat Citadel | ESE 114° | 2,439 m | 0.3 mi |
| Ives Peak | WNW 300° | 2,414 m | 1.4 mi |
| Old Snowy Mountain | NW 312° | 2,408 m | 2.0 mi |
| Tieton Peak | NE 45° | 2,367.7 m | 1.9 mi |
| Johnson Peak | NW 311° | 2,282 m | 4.9 mi |
| Hawkeye Point | WNW 302° | 2,265 m | 3.9 mi |
| Bear Creek Mountain | ENE 57° | 2,236.3 m | 4.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:39 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 20:16 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:25 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 15:31 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 55 | 60 | 66 | 66 | 60 | 51 | 42 | 37 |
| Precip in | 8.9 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 6.0 | 9.4 | 9.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Packwood, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/5148154914
Day trips start here
- Mount Rainier National Park · 29 mi
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