Chiwawa Mountain
Chiwawa Mountain rises to 2,576 m in Washington. Glacier Peak stands 3,214 m to the west-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Fortress Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 25 miles off.
The story
Chiwawa Mountain is an 8,459-foot (2,578-metre) mountain summit located in the Glacier Peak Wilderness of the North Cascades in Washington state. The mountain is situated on the crest of the Cascade Range, on the shared border of Snohomish County and Chelan County, also straddling the boundary between the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest and the Wenatchee National Forest. Its nearest higher peak is Fortress Mountain, 1.12 mi (1.80 km) to the west. Chiwawa Mountain is a triple divide peak, so precipitation runoff from it drains northeast to Lake Chelan via Railroad Creek; northwest into Miners Creek which is a tributary of the Suiattle River; and south into the Chiwawa River headwaters. The mountain's name is taken from the river's name, which was applied by Albert Hale Sylvester (1871-1944), a pioneer surveyor, explorer, topographer, and forest supervisor in the Cascades. Chiwawa comes from the Columbia-Moses language and means a kind of creek ("wawa" creek).
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Wikidata Q49020494, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2576 m
How to reach it
- 24.9 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
- 24.9 mi off the JCT KEYSTONE FERRY ZONE WHIDBEY ISLAND TO JCT SR 153 VIC TWISP
- 25.7 mi off the Stevens Pass Greenway, National
- 25.8 mi off the JCT WOODS CREEK RD NEAR MONROE TO JCT US 97 NEAR PESHASTIN
Overlooks nearby
- Washington Pass Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fortress Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Red Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Helmet Butte: 2.5 mi
- Dumbell Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Greenwood Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Lyman Falls: 1.5 mi
- Greenwood Falls: 2.4 mi
- Crown Point Falls: 2.4 mi
- High Pass Falls: 6.0 mi
- Louis Creek Falls: 6.3 mi
- Buck Creek Pass Spring: 2.9 mi
- Carne Basin Spring: 7.1 mi
- Snowshoe Spring: 19.7 mi
- Soda Spring: 21.3 mi
- Halfway Spring: 22.8 mi
- Miners Cabin (ruined): 4.1 mi
- Mackinaw Shelter: 16.1 mi
- Dirtyface Lookout: 21.9 mi
- Grassy Point: 10.1 mi
- Painted Rocks: 14.6 mi
- Hunts Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Gamma Hot Springs: 7.2 mi
- Sulphur Creek Hot Springs: 14.1 mi
- Holden Museum: 6.7 mi
- Moore: 14.3 mi
- The Garden: 15.3 mi
- Spruce Grove Day Use Area: 17.8 mi
- Lake Chelan National Recreation Area: 18.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Chiwawa Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glacier Peak | WSW 249° | 3,214 m | 10.2 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | WSW 247° | 2,970 m | 10.3 mi |
| Bonanza Peak | NNE 20° | 2,900 m | 5.5 mi |
| Mount Fernow | E 91° | 2,821 m | 4.6 mi |
| Seven Fingered Jack | ESE 102° | 2,750 m | 4.4 mi |
| Mount Maude | ESE 111° | 2,748 m | 5.1 mi |
| Copper Peak | E 81° | 2,671 m | 4.8 mi |
| Fortress Mountain | WSW 256° | 2,643 m | 1.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:35 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 20:19 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 15:19 | 16:13 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 26 | 32 | 39 | 48 | 54 | 61 | 61 | 53 | 41 | 29 | 22 |
| Precip in | 7.0 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 8.2 | 7.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Holden Village, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1517734 — Chiwawa Mountain, Snohomish County, Washington.
OpenStreetMap element node/356544566
Day trips start here
- North Cascades · 6 mi
- North Cascades National Park · 22 mi
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