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Echo Rock

Echo Rock, seen from above at true elevation

Echo Rock rises to 2,394 m in Washington. Columbia Crest stands 4,392 m to the south-southeast, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Observation Rock, a peak 0.5 miles away. JCT MT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK TO JCT SR 162 VIC SOUTH PRAIRIE passes 5.6 miles off.

The story

mountain in Pierce County, Washington, United States

Wikidata Q110551986, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2394 m

How to reach it

Coordinates46.90689, -121.80052

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
Parks
  • 8th Avenue Park: 16.8 mi
  • Coke Oven Handcar Park: 17.6 mi
  • Mud Mountain Dam Recreation Area: 17.6 mi
  • H. R. E. Nelson Park: 18.0 mi
  • Wilkeson Skate Park: 18.2 mi
Cliffs: 25
Historic sites: 23
Picnic sites: 12
  • Sunrise Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
  • Paradise Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
  • Corral Pass Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
  • Group Picnic Site 13: 17.8 mi
  • Upper Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
Artworks: 10
Attractions: 9
  • Coffee Cup: 3.1 mi
  • The Trident: 4.1 mi
  • Big Cedar: 15.4 mi
  • Caboose: 17.8 mi
  • Skookum Slope Mine & Queen Mine Cars: 17.9 mi
Museums: 8
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 4
  • Iron Mike Springs: 10.7 mi
  • Bum Springs: 16.9 mi
  • Log Spring: 19.5 mi
  • Soda Springs: 20.5 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Gardens: 3
Rest areas: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Ohanapecosh Hot Springs: 16.2 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Waterfront: 17.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Echo Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Columbia CrestSSE 153°4,392 m4.2 mi
Mount RainierSSE 152°4,392 m4.3 mi
Point SuccessSSE 160°4,302 m4.5 mi
Liberty CapSSE 158°4,297 m3.3 mi
Gibraltar RockSSE 148°3,863 m5.0 mi
Tahoma CleaverS 171°3,533 m4.5 mi
Saint Andrews RockS 172°3,520 m3.7 mi
Little TahomaSE 133°3,395 m5.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4019:20
June solstice05:1320:1921:06
September equinox06:5518:2719:07
December solstice07:5115:3016:22

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F292830334145535449403227
Precip in17.212.913.28.35.13.81.41.64.411.318.218.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rainier Paradise RS, 9 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1519175 — Echo Rock, Pierce County, Washington.

OpenStreetMap element node/4401160425

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