Eagle Peak
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Eagle Peak rises to 1,815 m in Washington. Mount Rainier stands 4,392 m to the north, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Chutla Peak, a peak 0.3 miles away. JCT SR 7 VIC ELBE TO JCT ENTRANCE MT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK passes 6.7 miles off.
The story
Eagle Peak is a 5,958-foot (1,816-metre) mountain summit in Lewis County of Washington state. It is set on the west end of the Tatoosh Range which is a sub-range of the Cascade Range. It is located south of Mount Rainier, within Mount Rainier National Park, and immediately east of Longmire. Eagle Peak was originally known as Simlayshe, a Native American word meaning eagle. George Longmire anglicized the name to Eagle Peak. The four-mile Eagle Peak Trail leads to views of Mount Rainier. The summit of Eagle Peak requires scrambling. Precipitation runoff on the peak drains into the Nisqually River.
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Wikidata Q49026630, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1815 m
How to reach it
- 6.7 mi off the JCT SR 7 VIC ELBE TO JCT ENTRANCE MT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK
- 6.7 mi off the JCT SR 7 VIC ELBE TO MT RAINIER NAT PARK BOUNDARY
- 9.9 mi off the JCT SR 12 OHANAPECOSH JCT VIC WHITE PASS TO JCT SR 410 VIC CHINOOK PASS
- 9.9 mi off the JCT SR 12 VIC MORTON TO JCT SR 410 VIC CHINOOK PASS
Overlooks nearby
- Silver Falls Overlook · 10 mi
- Palisades Viewpoint · 12 mi
- Sourdough Gap · 17 mi
- Clear Creek Overlook Interpretive Site · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chutla Peak: 0.3 mi
- Wahpenayo Peak: 0.8 mi
- Cougar Rock: 1.3 mi
- Lane Peak: 1.3 mi
- Denman Peak: 1.7 mi
- Carter Falls: 0.8 mi
- Madcap Falls: 0.8 mi
- Christine Falls: 1.7 mi
- Nahunta Falls: 2.0 mi
- Narada Falls: 2.1 mi
- The Ramparts: 1.7 mi
- Basalt Cliff: 3.5 mi
- Kautz Ice Chute: 5.6 mi
- Kautz Ice Cliff: 5.7 mi
- Wilson Headwall: 5.7 mi
- Paradise Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
- Sunrise Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- Valley View Day Use Area: 16.5 mi
- High Point Day Use Area: 18.3 mi
- Eagle Crest Day Use Area: 18.4 mi
- Packwood Cowlitz River Public Access Point: 11.1 mi
- Jack Morris Park: 18.7 mi
- Mineral Lake Access Area: 19.2 mi
- Cowlitz Falls Campground: 20.9 mi
- Rocky Point Beach: 20.9 mi
- Iron Mike Springs: 1.6 mi
- Bum Springs: 7.6 mi
- Log Spring: 14.0 mi
- Soda Springs: 14.4 mi
- Hidden Spring: 22.1 mi
- Longmire Museum: 1.6 mi
- Transportation Exhibit: 1.6 mi
- Historic Packwood Station: 11.3 mi
- White Pass Country Historical Museum: 11.6 mi
- Mount Rainier Railroad and Logging Museum: 18.2 mi
- Cross-section of 1293 Douglas Fir: 1.6 mi
- Stevens-Van Trump Historical Monument: 4.0 mi
- Marine Memorial Airplane Crash Monument: 6.5 mi
- Stephen Tyng Mather Memorial: 14.6 mi
- The Trident: 10.6 mi
- Big Cedar: 10.7 mi
- Coffee Cup: 10.9 mi
- Mount Rainier Railroad: 19.6 mi
- Bevin Lake Rest Area: 14.2 mi
- Elbe Rest Area: 19.7 mi
- Wheel: 16.9 mi
- Recycled Spirit of Iron: 16.9 mi
- Ohanapecosh Hot Springs: 10.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Eagle Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rainier | N 9° | 4,392 m | 6.7 mi |
| Columbia Crest | N 8° | 4,392 m | 6.8 mi |
| Point Success | N 5° | 4,302 m | 6.3 mi |
| Liberty Cap | N 2° | 4,297 m | 7.4 mi |
| Gibraltar Rock | NNE 14° | 3,863 m | 6.4 mi |
| Tahoma Cleaver | N 357° | 3,533 m | 6.0 mi |
| Saint Andrews Rock | N 356° | 3,520 m | 6.8 mi |
| Little Tahoma | NNE 26° | 3,395 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:40 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 20:18 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 15:31 | 16:22 |
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 | 32 | 33 | 36 | 41 | 48 | 54 | 61 | 61 | 55 | 45 | 36 | 31 |
| Precip in | 11.4 | 8.6 | 7.5 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 9.0 | 13.0 | 12.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Longmire Rainier NPS, 2 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Mount Rainier National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Dec; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1519051 — Eagle Peak, Lewis County, Washington.
OpenStreetMap element node/356544815
Day trips start here
- Mount Rainier National Park · 9 mi
- Eatonville · 25 mi
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