Cougar Mountain
Cougar Mountain rises to 504 m in Washington. Mount Olson stands 1,613 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Ring of Fire, a historic site 5.2 miles away. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Grays Harbor County, Washington state, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49022318, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 504 m
How to reach it
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grenville · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 7400 Road Public River Access: 8.7 mi
- Humptulips Old 101 Water Access: 11.7 mi
- Quinault Recreation Area: 11.7 mi
- Truman Glick Memorial Park: 14.7 mi
- Reynvaan Bar Water Access: 16.5 mi
- Burnt Hill: 5.6 mi
- Fitzgerald Peak: 6.3 mi
- Reed Hill: 7.5 mi
- Stovepipe Mountain: 9.3 mi
- Bell Mountain: 9.9 mi
- Kurt's air guitar: 22.5 mi
- Old City Bell: 22.7 mi
- S. Joseph: 22.7 mi
- Teddy and the Captain: 22.9 mi
- Taco Bell Cowboy: 22.9 mi
- Ring of Fire: 5.2 mi
- Railroad Camp: 10.6 mi
- Simpson Lookout: 20.5 mi
- Camp Govey: 20.6 mi
- Camp 3: 22.2 mi
- Spoon Creek Falls: 9.2 mi
- Cascade Falls: 11.6 mi
- Maidenhair Falls: 13.4 mi
- Merriman Falls: 13.5 mi
- Wynoochee Falls: 15.5 mi
- Lake Quinault Museum: 12.0 mi
- Museum of the North Beach: 22.3 mi
- Polson Museum: 23.5 mi
- Chehalis Valley Historical Museum: 23.7 mi
- July Creek Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
- Joe G. Batinovich Picnic Ground: 23.6 mi
- Staircase Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
- Bear Gulch Day Use Area: 24.5 mi
- Little Ireland Beach: 9.6 mi
- Sunset Beach: 22.3 mi
- Pocket Beach: 23.2 mi
- World's Largest Spruce: 12.4 mi
- Kurt Cobain's Childhood Home: 22.5 mi
- Events on Emerson: 23.5 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 22.6 mi
- Copalis Head: 23.3 mi
- Randall Street Community Garden: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cougar Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Olson | NE 35° | 1,613 m | 22.9 mi |
| Capitol Peak | NE 43° | 1,545 m | 17.5 mi |
| Smyrna | NE 45° | 1,514 m | 21.9 mi |
| Mount Hoquiam | NNE 26° | 1,485 m | 16.5 mi |
| Mount Church | NE 46° | 1,453 m | 16.3 mi |
| Discovery Peak | NNE 31° | 1,447 m | 17.0 mi |
| Lightning Peak | NE 56° | 1,343 m | 22.7 mi |
| Mount Tebo | NE 54° | 1,341 m | 19.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:47 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 20:28 | 21:16 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:34 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 15:35 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 40 | 43 | 47 | 53 | 57 | 62 | 62 | 58 | 50 | 43 | 38 |
| Precip in | 21.2 | 13.4 | 15.1 | 9.4 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 5.7 | 13.0 | 20.8 | 21.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aberdeen 20nne, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/348617001
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- Elma · 26 mi
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