Capitol Peak
Capitol Peak rises to 1,545 m in Washington. Chimney Peak stands 2,086 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Church, a peak 1.5 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Mason County, Washington state, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49018041, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,545 m
How to reach it
Overlooks nearby
- Peek-a-Boo Point · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Church: 1.5 mi
- Wonder Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Three Peaks: 3.0 mi
- Discovery Peak: 3.6 mi
- Chapel Peak: 4.0 mi
- Division 3 Park: 11.6 mi
- Division 2 Boat Launch: 11.7 mi
- Division 1 Park: 13.1 mi
- Division 9 Park: 15.2 mi
- Foothills County Park: 15.9 mi
- Wynoochee Falls: 2.1 mi
- Maidenhair Falls: 4.2 mi
- Ross Falls: 7.6 mi
- Spoon Creek Falls: 10.1 mi
- Hamma Hamma Falls: 12.3 mi
- Nine Inch Spike: 6.7 mi
- Ring of Fire: 13.3 mi
- Camp 3: 13.4 mi
- Camp Govey: 13.6 mi
- Simpson Lookout: 16.2 mi
- Staircase Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
- Bear Gulch Day Use Area: 8.4 mi
- July Creek Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
- Potlach State Park Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
- Little Ireland Beach: 8.0 mi
- Skokomish Park Lake Cushman - Day Use Area: 12.8 mi
- World's Largest Spruce: 15.7 mi
- Lake Quinault Museum: 16.6 mi
- Lilliwaup Tidelands State Park: 18.3 mi
- Elk Lick Springs: 18.6 mi
- Red Bluff: 19.1 mi
- Amelia: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Capitol Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimney Peak | NNE 17° | 2,086 m | 14.3 mi |
| Crystal Peak | NNE 17° | 2,078 m | 16.5 mi |
| Mount Stone | NE 53° | 2,015 m | 13.2 mi |
| Mount Skokomish | NE 53° | 1,961 m | 11.5 mi |
| Mount LaCrosse | NNE 33° | 1,956 m | 15.8 mi |
| White Mountain | NNE 31° | 1,939 m | 14.9 mi |
| Mount Washington | ENE 77° | 1,907 m | 11.8 mi |
| Mount Steel | NE 36° | 1,900 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:46 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 20:27 | 21:16 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 15:33 | 16:26 |
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 | 40 | 41 | 44 | 48 | 53 | 57 | 62 | 63 | 59 | 51 | 43 | 39 |
| Precip in | 24.6 | 13.3 | 17.2 | 12.4 | 6.9 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 6.1 | 16.0 | 24.6 | 20.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Quinault 4 NE, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356544487
Day trips start here
- Olympic Peninsula · 22 mi
- Tahuya · 22 mi
- Union · 22 mi
- Olympic National Park · 25 mi
- Shelton · 26 mi
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