Booker Mountain
Booker Mountain rises to 2,475 m in Washington. Goode Mountain stands 2,812 m to the east, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Buckner Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 11 miles off.
The story
Booker Mountain, also known as Mount Booker, with an elevation of 8,284 feet (2,525 m), is located in the North Cascades of Washington, about 1.5 miles SE of Mount Buckner, between Park Creek and Stehekin River. It is named in honor of Booker T. Washington.
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Wikidata Q19873735, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,475 m
How to reach it
- 11.0 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
Overlooks nearby
- Washington Pass Overlook · 16 mi
- Diablo Lake Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buckner Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Horseshoe Peak: 1.8 mi
- Storm King: 2.8 mi
- Sahale Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Boston Peak: 2.9 mi
- Green View Falls: 4.3 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 15.8 mi
- John Pierce Waterfall: 17.2 mi
- Newhalem Creek Falls: 17.8 mi
- Ladder Creek Falls: 18.2 mi
- Rock Cabin Avalanche: 7.3 mi
- Painted Rocks: 18.5 mi
- Grassy Point: 20.6 mi
- Deadhorse Point: 22.3 mi
- Hunts Bluff: 23.2 mi
- Cascade River South 2: 18.9 mi
- Cascade River South 1: 20.0 mi
- Trillium Conservation Area: 20.8 mi
- Diobsud Creek Abel Conservation Area: 21.0 mi
- Douglas Island Convservation Area: 21.1 mi
- Gilbert Ghost Town: 19.2 mi
- Miners Cabin (ruined): 19.3 mi
- North Cascading: 19.8 mi
- Brown bear mine camp: 20.9 mi
- Lake Chelan National Recreation Area: 17.5 mi
- Pressentin County Park: 21.1 mi
- Sulphur Creek Hot Springs: 17.9 mi
- Gamma Hot Springs: 22.7 mi
- Gorge Powerhouse Visitor Gallery: 18.2 mi
- Holden Museum: 21.3 mi
- "Old Number 6" Seattle City Light Locomotive: 18.3 mi
- Temple of Power: 18.3 mi
- Buck Creek Pass Spring: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Booker Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goode Mountain | E 81° | 2,812 m | 3.2 mi |
| Buckner Mountain | NW 324° | 2,779 m | 1.6 mi |
| Mount Logan | NNE 16° | 2,724 m | 4.4 mi |
| Black Peak | ENE 66° | 2,719 m | 8.2 mi |
| Boston Peak | WNW 298° | 2,711 m | 2.9 mi |
| Eldorado Peak | WNW 301° | 2,703 m | 8.3 mi |
| Forbidden Peak | NW 304° | 2,687 m | 4.4 mi |
| Sahale Mountain | WNW 292° | 2,646 m | 2.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:35 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:03 | 20:21 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 15:17 | 16:12 |
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 | 29 | 32 | 38 | 47 | 56 | 62 | 70 | 69 | 60 | 47 | 35 | 29 |
| Precip in | 6.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 6.7 | 7.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stehekin 4 NW, 15 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/348974174
Day trips start here
- North Cascades National Park · 3 mi
- North Cascades · 25 mi
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