Deer Mountain
Deer Mountain rises to 915 m in Alaska. Mahoney Mountain stands 1,015 m to the north-northeast, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Doe Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Alaska's Marine Highway passes 2.5 miles off.
The story
Deer Mountain is a 3,001.97 feet (915.00 m) mountain peak located in the Tongass National Forest in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, which dominates the skyline behind downtown Ketchikan. The Deer Mountain National Recreation Trail provides a strenuous hiking route to the summit, passing through temperate rainforests, muskeg and alpine meadows as it gains 2,600 feet (790 m) of elevation over 2.75 miles (4.43 km) from the trailhead in Ketchikan to the peak.
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Wikidata Q15213297, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 915 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Alaska's Marine Highway, National
- 5.0 mi off the Walden Point Road
Overlooks nearby
- Wolf Point · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Doe Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Buck Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Level Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Roy Jones Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Achilles Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Sun Raven Totem Pole: 1.5 mi
- Chief Johnson Totem Pole: 1.7 mi
- Chief Kyan Totem Pole: 1.8 mi
- The Rock: 1.9 mi
- Thundering Wings: 1.9 mi
- City Park: 1.4 mi
- Totem Heritage Museum Park: 1.4 mi
- Saxman Totem Park: 1.6 mi
- Historic Totem: 1.7 mi
- Whale Park: 1.7 mi
- Totem Heritage Center: 1.4 mi
- Dolly's Museum: 1.7 mi
- Tongass Historical Museum: 1.8 mi
- Duncan Cottage Museum: 14.9 mi
- Saxman Totem Park: 1.7 mi
- Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show: 1.7 mi
- Alaska Rainforest Family Adventure: 6.7 mi
- Totem Bight Historical State Park: 8.7 mi
- Refuge cove: 7.8 mi
- South Point Higgins Beach: 11.6 mi
- Coast Guard Beach: 12.2 mi
- Refuge beach: 12.7 mi
- Raven Stealing The Sun: 1.7 mi
- Lost at Sea Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Grassy Point Picnic Site: 6.1 mi
- Ward Lake Day Use Area: 6.3 mi
- Loring: 18.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Deer Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahoney Mountain | NNE 29° | 1,015 m | 4.3 mi |
| Northbird Mountain | NNE 33° | 1,003 m | 2.5 mi |
| John Mountain | NNE 14° | 987 m | 3.8 mi |
| Roy Jones Mountain | NNE 31° | 944 m | 2.2 mi |
| Twin Peaks | ENE 64° | 942 m | 3.9 mi |
| Achilles Mountain | ENE 71° | 919 m | 2.2 mi |
| Brown Mountain | NNW 345° | 908 m | 5.7 mi |
| Twin Peaks | ENE 62° | 878 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:12 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 04:05 | 20:30 | 21:33 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 17:59 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 08:13 | 14:02 | 15:18 |
Local time (America/Sitka).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 37 | 40 | 45 | 52 | 57 | 60 | 61 | 55 | 48 | 40 | 37 |
| Precip in | 17.6 | 11.1 | 12.6 | 9.5 | 7.2 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 11.2 | 17.7 | 19.1 | 19.5 | 19.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beaver Falls, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/2479311314
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