Dock Butte
Dock Butte rises to 1,589 m in Washington. Mount Baker stands 3,287 m to the north, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Goat Mountain, a peak 3.2 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 6.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Washington, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49025122, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,589.2 m
How to reach it
- 6.6 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint Dam · 7 mi
- Artist Point · 15 mi
- Nooksack Falls Viewpoint · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Goat Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Loomis Mountain: 3.4 mi
- George Peterson Butte: 4.4 mi
- Survey Point: 4.9 mi
- Park Butte: 5.8 mi
- Vogler Lake Public Access: 4.9 mi
- Lake Shannon Recreation Area: 6.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 7.4 mi
- Garden Club Park: 7.4 mi
- Silo Park: 7.4 mi
- Lower Morovitz Falls: 10.2 mi
- Upper Morovitz Falls: 10.2 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 10.8 mi
- Bacon Lake Falls: 14.0 mi
- Upper Green Lake Falls: 14.6 mi
- Cascade Trail: 11.5 mi
- American Legion Tribute Memorial to Saxon cemetery veterans: 17.4 mi
- Historic Galbraith Barn Ruins: 18.0 mi
- Northern State Hospital Cemetery: 19.1 mi
- North Cascading: 20.0 mi
- Lee Promontory: 8.0 mi
- Roman Wall: 9.5 mi
- Park Cliffs: 9.9 mi
- The Palisades: 13.8 mi
- Winnies Slide: 15.9 mi
- Lumberjack Mural: 7.5 mi
- Homespun Kinetic Art: 16.6 mi
- Nooksack Totem Pole: 22.8 mi
- Mount Baker Vista: 12.6 mi
- Austin Pass Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
- Shuksan Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- Shadow of the Sentinels: 4.6 mi
- Sedro Woolley Rodeo Grounds: 20.5 mi
- Skagit Aero Education Museum: 7.8 mi
- Lake Whatcom Steam Railway: 18.6 mi
- Angele Cupples Community Garden: 7.3 mi
- Baker Hot Springs: 10.4 mi
- Chinook Swim Beach: 24.4 mi
- Bow Hill Northbound Rest Area: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Dock Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Baker | N 358° | 3,287 m | 9.5 mi |
| Lahar Lookout | N 358° | 3,069 m | 9.2 mi |
| Sherman Peak | N 358° | 3,020 m | 8.9 mi |
| Colfax Peak | N 349° | 2,851 m | 9.3 mi |
| Lincoln Peak | NNW 345° | 2,695 m | 9.2 mi |
| Seward Peak | NNW 344° | 2,385 m | 8.5 mi |
| Hadley Peak | N 357° | 2,291 m | 12.1 mi |
| Bacon Peak | E 83° | 2,152 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:39 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:05 | 20:24 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:25 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:58 | 15:19 | 16:14 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 40 | 46 | 53 | 57 | 63 | 63 | 58 | 48 | 39 | 34 |
| Precip in | 15.3 | 8.8 | 10.4 | 6.7 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 4.8 | 10.5 | 16.0 | 14.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Upper Baker DAM, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1518823 — Dock Butte, Skagit County, Washington.
OpenStreetMap element node/349003445
Day trips start here
- Mount Baker · 10 mi
- Northwest Washington · 18 mi
- Sedro-Woolley · 22 mi
- Burlington · 27 mi
- Mount Vernon · 28 mi
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