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Chopaka Mountain

Chopaka Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Chopaka Mountain rises to 2,403 m in Washington. Grimface Mountain stands 2,635 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Joe Mills Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. JCT SR 153 VIC PATEROS TO CANADIAN BORDER passes 15 miles off.

The story

Chopaka Mountain, also known as Mount Chopaka, is a summit in the leeward flank of the North Cascades. Its summit area is a Natural Area Preserve comprising 2,764 acres (1,119 ha), and features a mountain goat population and various rare plants. The last surviving native herd of bighorn sheep in Washington was located on Chopaka Mountain until hunted out in the 1920s.

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Wikidata Q5104813, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2403 m

How to reach it

Coordinates48.95738, -119.78508

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 19
  • Fourteen Mile Recreation Site: 3.9 mi
  • Wannacut Lake Public Access: 13.6 mi
  • Desert Park Exhibition Society: 14.4 mi
  • Spectacle Lake West Public Boat Launch: 14.9 mi
  • Spectacle Lake East Water Access Area: 15.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Historic sites: 2
Springs: 2
  • Smugglers Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Ethel Spring: 21.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Bighorn Falls: 15.9 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Striding Sasquatch: 20.6 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Tonasket Comancheros Rodeo Grounds: 23.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Chopaka Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grimface MountainWNW 285°2,635 m18.8 mi
Cathedral PeakW 277°2,622 m18.4 mi
Matriarch MountainWNW 284°2,610 m18.5 mi
Macabre TowerWNW 284°2,596 m18.6 mi
Snowy MountainNNW 329°2,586 m7.4 mi
The DeaconW 281°2,553 m18.6 mi
Amphitheater MountainW 274°2,548 m18.5 mi
Windy PeakWSW 257°2,540 m8.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3019:12
June solstice04:5620:1721:08
September equinox06:4618:1718:59
December solstice07:5115:0916:05

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293443515965727161493629

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tonasket 4 NNE, 20 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/356544568

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