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Captain Point

Captain Point, seen from above at true elevation

Captain Point rises to 1,745 m in Washington. Mac Peak stands 2,091 m to the south-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Scorpion Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 3.6 miles off.

The story

cliff in King County, Washington, United States

Wikidata Q49467933, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1745 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.76689, -121.19373

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
Cliffs: 12
  • Moai: 17.4 mi
  • Peanuts Gallery: 17.4 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 17.4 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 17.6 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 17.7 mi
Historic sites: 10
Parks: 7
  • Skykomish City Ball Park: 8.1 mi
  • Great Northern & Cascade Railway Park: 8.7 mi
  • Baring Community Park: 13.7 mi
  • Heybrook Ridge Park: 17.1 mi
  • Big Eddy River Access: 22.1 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Heybrook Lookout Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
  • Group Picnic Shelter: 21.8 mi
  • Camp Brown Day Use Area: 22.4 mi
  • Swiftwater Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
  • Bear Creek Site: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Museums: 3
  • Skykomish Historical Society: 8.7 mi
  • Great Northern and Cascade Railways: 8.7 mi
  • Skykomish Historical Society: 8.7 mi
Attractions: 2
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Normandy Beach: 24.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Captain Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mac PeakSSE 162°2,091 m10.1 mi
Rock MountainENE 77°2,085.5 m10.4 mi
Jim Hill MountainESE 103°2,062 m8.8 mi
Nimbus MountainSSE 156°2,046 m8.0 mi
Chain Lakes PeakESE 122°2,013 m10.0 mi
Thunder MountainSSE 159°1,998 m8.2 mi
Labyrinth MountainNE 50°1,943.9 m9.2 mi
Terrace MountainS 181°1,939 m10.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:3719:18
June solstice05:0720:1921:08
September equinox06:5218:2419:04
December solstice07:5215:2216:16

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373943485559646560504236
Precip in16.710.611.98.45.04.01.71.94.812.318.114.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Baring, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356544488

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