Buckhorn Mountain
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Buckhorn Mountain rises to 2,130 m in Washington. Mount Deception stands 2,369 m to the west, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Buckhorn Mountain - Northeast Peak, a peak 0.3 miles away. JCT SR 109 VIC QUEETS TO JCT SR 5 VIC OLYMPIA passes 9.4 miles off.
The story
Buckhorn Mountain is a peak in the Olympic Mountains in the U.S. state of Washington. It is in Olympic National Forest on the Olympic Peninsula.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q4983160, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2129.9 m
How to reach it
- 9.4 mi off the JCT SR 109 VIC QUEETS TO JCT SR 5 VIC OLYMPIA
- 13.8 mi off the JCT SR 101 VIC DISCOVERY BAY TO KINGSTON FERRY ZONE
- 15.6 mi off the JCT SR 101 TO KEYSTONE FERRY ZONE VIC PORT TOWNSEND
- 18.6 mi off the JCT SR 104 TO JCT SR 20 VIC CHIMACUM
Overlooks nearby
- Mount Walker North Viewpoint · 10 mi
- Mt. Walker Viewpoint · 10 mi
- South Point · 11 mi
- Sanwick Place Road End · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buckhorn Mountain - Northeast Peak: 0.3 mi
- Iron Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Mount Worthington: 1.3 mi
- Mount Worthington-Northeast Peak: 1.5 mi
- Hawk Peak: 2.2 mi
- Quilcene Community Park: 11.2 mi
- Worthington Park: 11.3 mi
- Quilcene Riverside Park: 11.5 mi
- Lake Leland County Park: 12.4 mi
- Pleasant Harbor State Park: 14.7 mi
- 7 Cedars Casino: 14.5 mi
- Sunshine Herb & Lavender Farm: 17.2 mi
- Purple Haze Lavender Farm: 17.3 mi
- Fairgrounds: 17.9 mi
- Rain Shadow Lavender Farm: 18.3 mi
- B-17 Crash Site: 2.5 mi
- George Vancouver Heritage Marker: 18.6 mi
- Dungeness School House: 21.9 mi
- Road T to lot 3?: 22.3 mi
- Gate 2: 22.3 mi
- Quilcene Historical Museum: 11.4 mi
- Native Art Gallery: 15.0 mi
- Port Townsend Aero Museum: 21.6 mi
- Poulsbo Heritage Museum: 22.9 mi
- Poulsbo Maritime Museum: 22.9 mi
- Kite Girl: 17.6 mi
- Valkommen to Poulsbo Statue: 22.3 mi
- Dogfish Bay: 22.9 mi
- Vikings: 23.0 mi
- Uff Da: 23.0 mi
- Murhut Falls: 11.0 mi
- Rocky Brook Falls: 11.1 mi
- Whitehorse Falls: 17.2 mi
- Hamma Hamma Falls: 18.4 mi
- Ludlow Falls: 20.2 mi
- Quilcene Bay WDFW Tidelands: 11.7 mi
- Dungeness Trails: 15.4 mi
- Miller Peninsula State Park: 19.4 mi
- Tamanowas Rock Sanctuary: 20.3 mi
- Rude Road Sites: 21.5 mi
- Linger Longer Beach: 11.9 mi
- Swim Beach: 13.1 mi
- Mystery Beach: 13.1 mi
- Dabob Broad Spit: 14.2 mi
- Portage Beach: 23.1 mi
- Red Bluff: 13.6 mi
- Teekalet Bluff: 24.4 mi
- Foulweather Bluff: 24.9 mi
- Sequim Botanical Garden: 17.8 mi
- Arboretum: 23.2 mi
- Master Gardener Park: 25.0 mi
- Staircase Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
- Bear Gulch Day Use Area: 24.0 mi
- Elk Lick Springs: 10.3 mi
- McGees: 20.8 mi
- New Dungeness Lighthouse Reservation: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Buckhorn Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Deception | W 261° | 2,369 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Constance | S 184° | 2,364 m | 3.7 mi |
| Mount Johnson | W 275° | 2,341 m | 5.4 mi |
| Inner Constance | SSW 197° | 2,338 m | 4.0 mi |
| Martin Peak | W 270° | 2,328 m | 5.2 mi |
| Sweat Spire | W 276° | 2,304 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Mystery | WSW 246° | 2,298 m | 5.1 mi |
| Gasp Pinnancle | W 276° | 2,292 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:45 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 20:27 | 21:16 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 15:30 | 16:23 |
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 | 39 | 41 | 45 | 49 | 55 | 59 | 64 | 64 | 60 | 51 | 43 | 38 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Quilcene 2 SW, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/4947780352
Day trips start here
- Sequim · 17 mi
- Seabeck · 19 mi
- Olympic Peninsula · 23 mi
- Poulsbo · 23 mi
- Kitsap Peninsula · 24 mi
- Silverdale · 24 mi
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